Senate House

The Senate House is a 1720s building of the University of Cambridge in England, used formerly for meetings of its senate and now mainly for graduation ceremonies.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: building of the University of Cambridge
  • Also known as: “Senate House, Cambridge” and “The Senate House”
  • Address: Cambridge
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gonville and Caius College and Trinity College.

University
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, commonly known as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in , England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest.

University
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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. is situated 750 feet northwest of Senate House.

Church
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King's College Chapel is the of in the University of Cambridge. It is considered one of the finest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture and features the world's largest fan vault. is situated 330 feet southwest of Senate House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Newnham.

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is a university city in in . 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.

Suburb
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is a suburb and electoral ward in , England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward had a population of 11,374.

Neighborhood
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is a residential estate and a listed heritage site in , . The estate was designed by Eric Lyons of Eric Lyons & Partners. It was built in three phases between 1959 and 1964.

Senate House

Latitude
52.20554° or 52° 12′ 20″ north
Longitude
0.1174° or 0° 7′ 3″ east
Operator
University of Cambridge
Open location code
9F426448+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5094870
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Wiki­data ID
Q3478506
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Senate House” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “剑桥大学参议院”
  • Chinese: “剑桥大学评议会”
  • Chinese: “剑桥大学评议会大楼”
  • Dutch: “Senate House”
  • French: “Senate House (University of Cambridge)”
  • French: “Senate House”
  • Spanish: “Senate House”
  • Swedish: “Senate House, Cambridge”
  • Swedish: “Senate House”
  • “Senate House”
  • “The Senate House”

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Highlights include Senate House Lawn and Senate House Hill.

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