{"id":20506,"date":"2018-10-20T16:01:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T15:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=20506"},"modified":"2018-10-19T17:54:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:54:43","slug":"cambridge-university-completes-restoration-of-college-gatehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=20506","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge University completes restoration of college gatehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BBC_news_website191018.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20507\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BBC_news_website191018.png\" alt=\"website\" width=\"300\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a>One of Cambridge University&#8217;s imposing college gates at Christ\u2019s College Cambridge has been restored with a \u2018paint job\u2019 that has taken four years to complete.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>The heraldic detail, which dates from the early 1500s, had not been painted for \u2018many years\u2019 and had started to look faded. The four-year project included research into the original colours and methods used, repairs, and the painting itself\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Gatehouse on St Andrew&#8217;s Street is the main entrance to Christ&#8217;s College and is highly visible to tourists and shoppers in the city\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>It was built by Lady Margaret Beaufort, the grandmother of Henry VIII, who founded the college in the early years of the 16th Century. Much of the facade, including the late 16th Century oak doors, remained largely unchanged until the masonry was refaced with harder stone in 1714. A statue of Lady Margaret was added in the 19th Century\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The restoration was carried out by Longstanton-based Brown and Ralph, which said the conservation of the stonework would \u2018not only increase its natural life but also brighten the Cambridge streetscape\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45592093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Cambridge University&#8217;s imposing college gates at Christ\u2019s College Cambridge has been restored with a \u2018paint job\u2019 that has taken four years to complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20506"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20509,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20506\/revisions\/20509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}