Downing College

DOWNING COLLEGE was founded by the will of Sir George Downing, of Gamlingay Park, who had been a member of Clare College.

He left his property, in default of issue, to be devoted to the foundation of a College in the University, to be called Downing College.

The southern portions of these with Ionic porches, comprise the Master's Lodge on the east, and the hall, combination room, etc., on the west. A building between these two comprises a Chapel and a Library.

The College was intended chiefly for the encouragement of Law and Medicine, and makes very liberal provision for tuition in these subjects. A Professorship of each was instituted besides the Mastership, and a Professor's Lodge occupies the middle of each of the eastern and western blocks.

The spacious grounds of the College are now surrounded by the town, which is, however, shut out in the whole circumference by the trees, thus rendering the College, from a residential point of view, one of the most attractive in the University.

The main entrance is from Regent Street, which lies on the east of the College, while a footpath communicates with Tennis Court Road on the west. The Master's Garden and the Fellows' Garden are on the southern side of the College: between these is the cricket and football ground.

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