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GC/DOM/PD/06
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- 1869- (Creation)
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The Master's lodge grew out from the chamber and private oratory allocated to the Master adjacent to the College chapel in the 1430s. Under Dr Caius, the lodge, which by 1559 consisted of three chambers as well as the oratory, was extended to about ten rooms on three floors. Other than changes to the interiors in 171, the lodge was not significantly enlarged again until 1795 until William Wilkins added a new neo-classical wing extending the the west. This was further enlarged as far as Trinity Lane by Anthony Salvin in 1853. Redevelopment of the east end of the Lodge took place under Alfred Waterhouse in 1869. In 1996, John Simpson undertook the modernisation of the Master's Lodge as part of the redevelopment of the west range of Gonville Court. These plans reflect the changes made to the Lodge from the time of Waterhouse, and prior to the work of Simpson.
(For further information on the history of the Master's Lodge, see J.Venn, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, Volume III, p.195 and The Caian, 1999)
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See also John Simpson's plans for the redevelopment of the West range of Gonville Court (PD).