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William Etheridge, was responsible for the design of this bridge, which was derived from James King and his work on Westminster Bridge. It was constructed by James Essex in 1749. James Essex was also involved with one of the former Garret Hostel bridges, which confusingly also gained the "Mathematical Bridge" nickname.
It has been rebuilt twice, in 1867 and 1902. Photographic evidence 1850s suggests that it was originally held together with coach screws but it is now bolted.
Silver Street Bridge, or Small Bridge (presumably thus named in contrast to Great Bridge), carries Silver Street over the Cam immediately South-West of Queens' College The bridge was built 1958-59 to a design by Sir Edward Lutyens. It is of concrete faced with Portland stone, and sits on a raft foundation.
It replaced a bridge of cast-iron, brick and stone that was built in 1841. The iron span for this bridge was cast by Charles Finch at his Market Hill foundry.
Before that, there were a series of timber bridges at this location, going back to the 14th Century.
In this storyline, we look at the early gatehouses in Cambridge. They follow the pattern used at large fashionable houses in the 15th and 16th centuries, their features being derived from medieval castles. Following St John's College Gatehouse, the last discussed here, two were built towards the end of the 16th century: the Shrewsbury Tower at St John's, and Trinity Queen's Gate. After that, no gatehouses were built until the 19th Century. Corpus Christi and King's built gatehouses arond 1825. All the others are Victorian and 20th century.
King Edward's Tower is the earliest part of the current Great Court. It forms part of the North Range and no longer functions as an entrance to the College. It was moved by Nevile in 1599-00, to a spot nearly 70 feet North of its original position. It originally was the gatehouse of King's Hall. Passing through the gate from Great Court, on the left can be seen the other remaining parts of King's Hall. It is the West range of what was a small court in King's Hall. These building were left in situ, and thus link rather awkwardly to the tower.
The tower was built 1428-32. This made it the first gatehouse in Cambridge, to be followed by those of King's College and Queens' College in the space of 20 years.
It is of stone, and the master mason was probably Dodington. The coupled windows above the main arch would have been the same shape as others in the King's Hall cloister.
The niche and statue of Edward III were added soon after the tower was moved, in 1601, and are by Paris Andrew.
The lantern above the tower dates from 1856. It is a copy of an earlier one made in 1610. Loggan's engraving of 1688 does not show the lantern as it is today; Pevsner attributes this to a mistake of Loggan's.