Gibbs Building

Gibbs Building is an university building in Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Gibbs Building is situated nearby to the grassland Back Lawn, as well as near the church King’s College Chapel.

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Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: University building
Description: Grade I listed building in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Gibbs‘ Building” and “King’s College, Fellows‘ Building”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include King’s College and King’s College Chapel.

King’s College

University

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King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city.

King’s College Chapel

Church

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King's College Chapel is the chapel of King's College in the University of Cambridge. It is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture and features the world's largest fan vault.

Trinity College

University

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Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. Trinity College is situated 990 feet north of Gibbs Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Cambridge Castle.

Cambridge

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Cambridge is a university city in Cambridgeshire in England. It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.

Cambridge Castle

Locality

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Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Built after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy and the First and Second Barons' Wars.