Old Schools
52°12′19″N 0°07′00″E / 52.2053°N 0.1166°E
| Old Schools | |
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View from Great St Mary's tower, with the 1750s east range of Cobble Court and the 1440s gatehouse of West Court behind | |
Interactive map of the Old Schools area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Cambridge, England |
| Year built | 1400–1890 |
| Owner | University of Cambridge |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Reference no. | 1126279 |
The Old Schools is a complex of buildings in central Cambridge, England, which is owned by the University of Cambridge and houses the university offices.
The eastern part, Cobble Court, was built in the 14th and 15th centuries to house the earliest schools of the university and later the university library, while the West Court was originally constructed in 1441 as the Old Court of King's College. The college moved out in 1829 and the university library came to occupy the entire site, before it moved to a new building in the 1930s and the site became university offices.
The building is Grade I listed, with a separate Grade I listing for the Cockerell Building on the northern edge of the site. It is located at the end of Trinity Lane, surrounded by other historic university and college buildings - the Senate House, King's College Chapel, Clare College, Trinity Hall and Gonville and Caius College. The Old Schools Site covers the Old Schools, the Senate House, and Great St Mary's, the University Church.