Trinity College's Great Gate, Cambridge
The Great Gate was built 1490-1530 - before the college existed, and faces Trinity Street. The lower stage here is the earliest part, from around 1490.
Trinity College was founded by Henry VIII in 1546 - and as you see his statue is on the gatehouse. In his right hand he holds a chair leg, rather than a sword. (In a prank in 1983, the chair leg was replaced with a bicycle pump for a short time).
Snapped from the top of a post box with a Sigma 30mm f1.4.
Trinity College's Great Gate, Cambridge
The Great Gate was built 1490-1530 - before the college existed, and faces Trinity Street. The lower stage here is the earliest part, from around 1490.
Trinity College was founded by Henry VIII in 1546 - and as you see his statue is on the gatehouse. In his right hand he holds a chair leg, rather than a sword. (In a prank in 1983, the chair leg was replaced with a bicycle pump for a short time).
Snapped from the top of a post box with a Sigma 30mm f1.4.