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MCCA/MCAD/5/PEN/3/1874/2 · Item · 1 December 1874
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Pencil drawing of proposed new iron railings and entrance gate between the College and the river. Areas shaded red were to be in copper and areas shaded blue were to be wrought iron.

MCCA/MCAD/5/PEN/1/1872 · Item · 30 May 1872
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(1) Letter from Penrose to Mynors Bright saying he had just managed to finish the rough plans by the end of May as promised and he was sending his report to the Master and Fellows. He asks Bright to emphasise that the drawings are rough due to the pressure on his time, 30 May 1872

(2) Report to the Master and Fellows outlining his idea for a new building to link First Court with the Pepys Building and explaining how many sets would be available, or it could be used for the College library and Pepys library, and it would have a basement with room for kitchen offices, 30 May 1872

Three sketches are referred to in the report: MCPP/FCP/1873/1-3

MCCA/MCAD/5/PEN/2 · Subseries · 1873-1875
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Penrose removed the stucco (1750) and battlements on these exterior elevations.

The joints in his brickwork on the street front were re-cut and re-pointed by S.E. Dykes Bower in 1963-65, but the brickwork in the north gable end remained much as Penrose had left it.

Penrose also laid out River Court garden after the demolition of three rows of cottages.

MCCA/MCAD/5/PEN/2/1874/2 · Item · July 1874
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Coloured drawing of the oriel window on the south side of the river front. Also section through the front window and inside view of the bay.

Penrose: Watercolours
MCCA/MCAD/5/PEN/8 · Subseries · c.1842
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Three watercolours by Penrose of King's and Clare Colleges; a cathedral or collegiate church; and the interior of a cathedral or collegiate church.

Penrose: Watergate
MCCA/MCAD/5/PEN/4 · Subseries · 1875
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The watergate was demolished in c.1953 and the plinth and steps down to the river were replaced by the present continuous dwarf wall in c.1983.

Pepys Building
MCCA/MCPH/1/6/8 · Item
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Framed black and white print of the Pepys Building by Harraden. Printed label on the back reads 'James Rossiter, Printseller, 23 Green Street & 8 Rose Crescent, Cambridge'. A handwritten label reads 'From Miss Self of Trinity Street (Gardeners) Christmas 1963'.

MCCA/MCAD/5/DWR/2/4/1966/4 · Item · 7 November 1966
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Details of the bathroom door with measurements and notes on hinges, push plate, colours, and additional skirting.

Scale: 1/2" to 1'