Chronology

before 1446	Andrew Dokett was already Principal of St Bernard’s Hostel on a site now occupied by the New Court of Corpus Christi College. He was also Rector of St Botolph’s, the church of the parish within which Queens’ College lies.
1446 Dec 3	Andrew Dokett obtained a Charter from King Henry VI to found St Bernard’s College on a site now part of St Catharine’s College.
1447 Aug 21	First Charter revoked. Andrew Dokett obtained a new charter from King Henry VI to found St Bernard’s College on the present site of Old Court and Cloister Court.
1447–8?	Petition of Margaret of Anjou to her husband the King to have the foundation and naming of the new college. Second Charter returned to the King and the lands of St Bernard’s College surrendered to him.
1448 Mar 30	Letters Patent from King Henry VI to Queen Margaret granting her the lands of St Bernard’s College and licence to found a college.
1448 Apr 15	Charter of Queen Margaret to found the Queen’s College of St Margaret and St Bernard.
1448 Apr 15	Sir John Wenlock, Chamberlain to Queen Margaret, lays the foundation stone at the south east corner of the chapel.
1448	First part of Old Court completed: the Library, Chapel, E stairs, Gatehouse, A stairs and part of B stairs.
1449	King Henry VI gives £200 for the buildings.
1449–50	Old Court completed: remainder of B stairs, C stairs, Kitchens, Hall.
1454	Chapel licensed for services.
1460?	Riverside buildings erected, now part of President’s Lodge.
1465	Queen Elizabeth Woodville becomes Patroness.
1475	First Statutes given by Elizabeth Woodville.
1475	Land west of the river (between the Cam and what is now Queens’ Ditch) purchased from the Town. The southern boundary of this land was a new east-west ditch from the Cam to the stream running down from Newnham Mill, thus making the new land into an island. The causeway between the new ditch and the mill pool was known as Small Bridges, later known as Silver Street.
1477	First endowment by Richard Duke of Gloucester.
1484	Death of Andrew Dokett. In his will, he bequeaths to the College his garden (opposite the main gatehouse of Queens’), later known as the Tennis Court Garden. This had been part of the land put together for the original St Bernard’s College (see 1446). He also charged the College with the upkeep of his Almshouses close by, on what is now Silver Street. He also bequeathed St Bernard’s Hostel to the College after the death of his executors.
1484	Magnum Journale begun.
1484	Second endowment by Richard Duke of Gloucester, now King Richard III.
1485	All endowments from Richard III and Anne Neville taken away by King Henry VII.
1495?	Cloister walkways built, thus creating Cloister Court.
1501–2	Canvas hangings decorate Hall.
1506	First visit of Erasmus.
1510–15?	Second visit of Erasmus.
1529	Statutes confirmed by Pope Clement VII
1531–2	Linenfold panelling erected in Hall.
1533	Brewhouse built.
1534	St Bernard’s Hostel (see 1484) sold to Corpus Christi College.
1538	Carmelites surrender their monastery site, purchase by college completed in 1544.
1539	Gardens and walks laid out on island west of the river.
1545	Brick wall built around President’s Garden, on former Carmelite land.
1548	Screens passage and gallery created to isolate Hall from through traffic.
1548	Chapel walls ordered to be whitewashed.
1551	Boundary wall between Queens’ and King’s built, incorporating wall of former Carmelite chapel.
1553	Fellows’ Garden laid out (now Erasmus Lawn).
1555	A bridge made from bowling-green to grove west of the river.
1559	Chapel High Altar taken down.
1560	Payments for “Master’s Upper Chambers”. Possibly attics of Lodge?
1564	Buildings erected in Pump Court on what is now the site of Essex Building.
1575	Grant of Arms by Robert Cooke, Clarencieux King-of-Arms. College arms erected in stone over entrance to screens passage in Old Court.
1595–1602?	Probable date of erection of (or adaptation of earlier building to form) present Long Gallery.
1612	Library lecterns converted to bookshelves, by Andrew Chapman.
1616–18	Walnut Tree Building erected.
1637	Date on the Chapel Bell, over the Library. Also inscribed “MILES GRAIE FECIT”.
1638	Queens’ constructs a “Stagehouse” on Queens’ Lane, roughly opposite the Chapel, on land which had probably been part of the original site intended for St Bernard’s College. There is academic dispute as to whether this stagehouse was a theatre, or a store-house for the dismountable stage referred to below (1640).
1640	Inventory of dismountable stage or theatre used in Hall, with instructions for re-assembly.
1642	Sundial erected in Old Court on the south wall of the chapel.
1642	College sends all its silver to help the King. President emprisoned by parliamentarians.
1643	William Dowsing spoils the Chapel.
1644	President (Edward Martin) and all Fellows ejected.
1655	Queens’ leased to the University land (including the 1638 stagehouse) on the corner of Queens’ Lane and Silver Street, on which the University Printing House would be constructed. Part of this land had probably been part of the original site intended for St Bernard’s College.
1655	Date on the Dinner Bell on the roof over Old Hall, also inscribed “WB”.
1660	Edward Martin restored as President, and some ejected Fellows restored.
1661	Chapel restored.
1667–72	Orchard on island site enclosed by brick wall (present site of Cripps Court).
1676	St Catharine’s Hall wished, in order to put up a new Master’s Lodge, to lease a ten foot wide strip of land 36 yards long from the north side of the Tennis Court Garden bequeathed to Queens’ by Andrew Dokett (see 1484). Queens’ were unsure that they have the legal power to do this.
1677	St Catharine’s engaged Sir Isaac Newton to give an opinion on how much light would be blocked from the Queens’ Chapel window by the proposed new building of St Catharine Hall.
1677	King Charles II wrote to Queens’ in support of the request from St Catharine’s Hall. St Catharine’s built their new Masters’ Lodge on the ten foot strip of land.
1684	With King’s College, a path called Erasmus’s Walk was constructed along the northern edge of Queens’ Green, alongside the ditch separating the Green from King’s. This is probably also the date of construction of a bridge from the northern tip of the Grove across Queens’ Ditch to Erasmus’s Walk on Queens’ Green.
1685	Many repairs and renovations in Old Court, probably completely reroofed. Dormer windows made regular. Oriel window repaired. Great gate altered (probably this was when the present wicket gate was cut in the northern leaf of the gate, instead of the smaller wicket in the southern leaf).
1685	Loggan draws his view of college.
1685–6	Queens’ lease to St Catharine’s the 10-foot strip of land asked for in 1676.
1686	Combination Room panelled by Austin.
1695	Date of flagstone in cloister under Long Gallery enscribed I. Poley, Burſar. Not a gravestone!
1696	The University erect a new Printing House on the site of the stagehouse (see 1638) leased from Queens’ (see 1655). There is an academic dispute as to whether the new Printing House incorporated the former stagehouse, or whether it was an entirely new building after the stagehouse was demolished. In 1697 Queens’ received rent of £1 10s. “Of the Vicechancellr for ye University for the new printing-house formerly ye Stage house.”
1697	Stables built on island site.
1704	Queens’ pays for the Materia Medica cabinet of John Francis Vigani, Professor of Chemistry. Vigani left Cambridge in 1708, and Queens’ retained the cabinet.
1707	Queens’ re-leased to St Catharine’s the 10-foot strip of land (see 1676) for 20 shillings per year.
1707	University stopped using the 1696 Printing House for printing; it became a warehouse.
1711	Stone frames and sash windows inserted in oriel window of Audit Room.
1716	University passed the disused 1696 printing house (see 1707) as a Lecture Room to the Professors of Anatomy and Chemistry.
1729	Queens’ re-leased to St Catharine’s the 10-foot strip of land (see 1707) together with another strip 8 feet wide on average 123′ 6″ long taken from the north of the Tennis Court Garden, at a combined rent of £2 per year.
1732–4	Hall re-panelled and decorated in classical style, to the design of James Burrough. Wrought iron screen and gates by Jonas Jackson. Former linenfold panelling (see 1531) removed to the servants’ hall of the President’s Lodge.
1733	A clock erected, and sundial newly painted.
1749–50	Wooden bridge built between Cloister Court and island site by James Essex the Younger to the design of William Etheridge.
1751	The 1729 lease to St Catharine’s was renewed in the same terms.
1756–60	Buildings of 1564 demolished. New building erected in classical style, to the design of James Essex the Younger.
1761	Offices erected in President’s Garden adjacent to Long Gallery, to replace offices lost when 1564 building demolished.
1766	Large portraits put up in Hall of Erasmus, Elizabeth Woodville, Thomas Smith.
1772	Library enlarged by absorbing part of a set between the Library and the Chapel.
1773–5	Chapel altered in classical style to the design of James Essex. Flat ceiling installed, east window lowered. Burial vault constructed.
1774	Windows in Old Court ordered to be scraped (that is, have their cusps removed).
1777	Fire in Walnut-Tree Building, upper floors rebuilt 1778–82.
1780	Wicket gate in Great Gate increased in height (see 1685). Room B4 panelled.
1782	Mr Milner given permission to build a Chemical Laboratory in the Stable Yard adjoinyng to the Coal House.
1786	At some point in or after 1786, the Professor of Chemistry abandoned using the Lecture Room shared with the Professor of Anatomy (see 1716). The building was now known as the Anatomical Schools.
1789	A dispute arose with St Catharine’s Hall over terms for the renewal of the lease (see 1751) of the strips of land to the north of the Tennis Court Garden. Lease eventually granted.
1791	New staircase built for President’s Lodge.
1793	Bridge from Bowling-Green to Grove removed.
1795 Feb	College badly flooded, reportedly waist-deep in the cloisters.
1799	St Catharine’s Hall seek an Opinion from the Attorney General. In order to avoid any further disputes over leases, St Catharine’s had offered to purchase the two strips of land (see 1789) from Queens’, but Queens’ had named a price of £530, for an estimated area of 252 sq yds. Stalemate.
1804	Old chapel bell-tower demolished, new library extension built, clock-tower erected on roof of library.
1813	Queens’ resolves to end the dispute with St Catharine’s (see 1799). The two strips of land plus all the rest that remained of the old Tennis Court Garden were sold to St Catharine’s for £1372.
1813	The Town Corporation grant to Mr Robert Brown the land on the Small Bridges causeway between the road and the ditch forming the southern boundary of the 1475 island purchase, on Fee Farm of £3 per year (see 1841).
1819	Queens’ sells the Printing House and site (see 1655) to the University for £750.
1819?	Battlements erected in Old Court.
1819–22	Stained glass by Charles Muss inserted in Hall (removed 1854–8) and Combination Room.
1820	Library re-roofed and repaired.
1822	Paint removed from oak panelling in the Audit Room.
1822	Statutes and Interpretations collected, edited, printed and bound by G.C. Gorham.
1823	Form of Service for Commemoration of Benefactors edited, printed and bound, probably also by G.C. Gorham. The name of the college is spelled Queens’ with the apostrophe after the s, the earliest instance of this seen in print.
1823–6	New furniture purchased for the President’s Lodge from Mr Elliot Smith.
1823	Battlements added to Walnut Tree Building. Great Gate re-roofed.
1827	Catalogue of Library by T.H. Horne published. The name of the college is spelled Queen’s, with the apostrophe before the s, throughout (see 1823 and 1831).
1831	The spelling of the college’s name in the University Calendar changes from Queen’s to Queens’ (see 1823)
1831	Earliest known record of the college Boat Club.
1831	The time of Dinner moved from 3 o’clock to 4 o’clock.
1833	Assumed date when the Professor of Anatomy vacated the Anatomical Schools (see 1786) and moved to new University accommodation.
1835	Gas lighting installed.
1836	Queens’ re-purchased (see 1819) Old Printing House and site from the University for £3600.
1836	Queens’ sold site of Old Printing House (see 1655) , Anatomical Schools (see 1786) and Dokett Almshouses (see 1484) to St Catharine’s Hall for £7965 2s. 10d.
1836	Queens’ erected almshouses on site now occupied by Dokett Building, to replace those sold.
1836	Date enscribed on decorative chimney stacks over Old Hall.
1837	Rooms D1 and D2 under the Library were appropriated to the use of the Library.
1838	Party walls erected as a fire precaution.
1840	Significant alterations in the Library. Probably the 1804 building was internally altered and the present staircase built, with a new doorway into the Lower Library (see 1837).
1841	The ditch parallel with Silver Street connecting Queens’ Ditch to the main stream of the Cam was filled in and thus the former island site was no more. Presumably by this time Queens’ had acquired the land between the ditch and the road (see 1813), comprising houses known as Nos 1 and 2 Newnham, and a builder’s yard.
1845	Flat ceiling of Chapel removed, present coved ceiling built in imitation of old.
1846	Flat ceiling of Hall removed; new roof, bell-tower and louvre created to the design of Dawkes.
1846–8	Stained glass inserted in East and North windows of Chapel (removed 1925).
1848	Clock-tower erected to the design of Raphael Brandon (taken down 1909).
1854	Oriel of Hall restored, new stained glass inserted by Hardman. Old glass by Muss (see 1819–22) moved to President’s Lodge.
1854	Choral services re-introduced in Chapel.
1857	Paint removed from oak panelling in the Long Gallery.
1857–9	Side windows of Hall raised in height with new tracery to the design of John Johnson, architect, and new stained glass by Hardman of Birmingham. Possible date of erection of battlements over Hall in Cloister Court.
1858–61	Chapel completely restored by G.F. Bodley.
1860	Statutes reformed: Fellows allowed to marry, and not required to be in holy orders, under certain conditions.
1861–2	New fireplace in Hall by Bodley, overmantel tiles by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
1862	New tiled floor in Hall.
1862	St Bernard Society (debating club) founded
1863	Saying of Grace before and after Dinner introduced or revised.
1864	Eleven coats of arms over Hall fireplace designed by Philip Webb.
1864	Date of tower clock mechanism, by T. Cooke & Sons of York.
1865	Present High Table and chairs purchased.
1866–7	Wooden bridge rebuilt with slopes instead of steps.
1867	History of College, Part 1, 1446–1560, by W.G. Searle published.
1868	Queens’ leased the house(s) on the corner of Silver Street and Trumpington Street to W.M. Fawcett, who built a large new house there (now a tailor’s shop). The lease did not provide, as earlier leases had done, that the best room or lodging in the house should be reserved for the Rector of St Botolph’s. This was not a problem at that time, as the Rector was a resident Fellow, but would become one later.
1871	History of College, Part 2, 1560–1662, by W.G. Searle, published.
1871–2	Further minor changes to Chapel to the design of G.F. Bodley.
1873	Lawn for out of door games prepared on land west of the river.
1873	Ford Madox Brown designs tiles to be made by Morris & Co. of Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth Woodville, incorporated into overmantel in Hall.
1874	Fives Court constructed. Survived, though disused, until Cripps Court constructed.
1875	Hall decorated to Bodley’s design by F.R. Leach.
1875	East frontage of Old Court restored by W.M. Fawcett.
1881	Amalgamated Clubs created out of the tennis, cricket, and rugby clubs.
1881	Jointly with St Catharine’s, Queens’ bought a sports field at the corner of Newnham Road and Barton Road.
1883	College assumed responsibility for furnishing student rooms. Previously a student purchased from the previous tenant, and sold on to the next.
1884	First soccer match played by College.
1884	St Margaret Society founded.
1885	New lecture room made (presumably west of river).
1886–7	Friar’s Building erected to the design of W.M. Fawcett. First occupied October 1887.
1888–91	New Chapel erected to the design of G.F. Bodley. Three stained glass windows by Hardman moved from south windows of old Chapel to new. New stained glass in east and north windows by Kempe. Organ by J.J. Binns.
1892	After closure of the old Chapel, it was agreed to send the choir stalls to Little Eversden, the oak lectern to Sandon, and two of the choir desks to Oakington. The reredos was moved to St Mark’s, Barton Road.
1892	New student rooms made on E staircase following the removal of the organ loft for Old Chapel.
1896–8	College connected to main sewerage system and sewers laid throughout college.
1897	Central heating and electric lighting installed in President’s Lodge, to the design of T.D. Atkinson.
1897	Side panelling in new Chapel extended to east end.
1898	Friars’ Gate made.
1899	Ante-Chapel floor relaid, with tablets, etc. (? presumably the Old Chapel)
1899	Boar’s Head shields and Eagles made for iron gates to Silver Street.
1899	Electric lighting installed throughout college by Messrs Drake & Gorham.
1900	Linenfold panelling (see 1531) moved from old servants’ hall (see 1732) to the President’s Study above the Combination Room.
1901	Boiler installed for heating Chapel, Library and Hall. (Presumably this is the underground boilerhouse in Walnut Tree Court adjacent to the Munro Room).
1903	Alterations made in the riverside buildings of the President’s Lodge, to the design of Thackeray H. Turner.
1903	Water mains and fire hydrants installed throughout college.
1905	Wooden bridge completely rebuilt.
1907	Northmost almshouse demolished and site sold to King’s College. Queens’ bought Sports Ground on Barton Road from King’s College.
1907	First telephones installed for the President, Senior Bursar, and Porters’ Lodge.
1909	Battlements removed from Hall, N and W sides of Old Court. Brandon clock-tower demolished and replaced with present one 1910, to the design of C.G. Hare.
1909	WCs and bicycle sheds erected.
1909	New iron bridge over ditch from tip of Grove to Queens’ Green (see 1684). Iron guard under bridge to prevent boats passing up the ditch.
1909	Ground floor rooms of Walnut Tree Court repaired and restored.
1911	Set now known as Cloister 2 created, and adjacent WCs.
1911	Long Gallery plaster removed, finished in half-timbered style, to the design of C.G. Hare.
1911–12	Almshouses (1836) demolished. Dokett Building erected to the design of C.G. Hare. First occupied October 1912.
1912	Plaster ceiling removed from President’s Study, revealing rafters. Plaster ceiling removed from Combination Room, revealing rafters. Paint removed from oak panelling in Combination Room.
1912	Kitchens enlarged. Staircase I, Erasmus Room and attics above altered.
1914	Telephone exchange installed, with extensions to all Fellows. Pay telephone installed in the Bernard Room (now Erasmus Room).
1914	Gas rings installed instead of methylated spirits bottles.
1923	New plaster ceiling to Long Gallery to the design of C.G. Hare. Cloisters beside President’s Lodge kitchen given studwork appearance.
1925–6	Old Chapel: remaining stained glass taken down and sent to Little Eversden. Panelling removed. Floor made flat. Made into Lecture Room.
1926	Battlements removed from E and S sides of Old Court.
1926	First Junior Common Room created in the Bernard Room (now Erasmus Room), under the management of the Committee of the United Clubs.
1928	Chapel struck by lightning: part of cross at west end broken off.
1931	Single-storey extension of kitchens built in Pump Court.
1932	New gates made from yard to Silver Street (demolished 1935).
1932	Kennett Library bequeathed to College and made into Oriental Library in attics above the Library.
1934	Interior of E staircase, Old Court, gutted and rebuilt to the design of G.C. Drinkwater. Porters’ Lodge moved from south side of gate tower to north. Drinkwater was to be the architect of Fisher Building (see 1936), and many design features of his work in E staircase can be seen again in Fisher.
1935	Railings removed from front of College in Queens’ Lane.
1935 May	Nos 1 and 2 Newnham, the builder’s yard (see 1841) and all other buildings west of the river (except that destined to become the Fitzpatrick Hall) demolished.
1936	Small exchange of land with Borough Council to permit Silver Street to be widened, and for College to straighten its boundary with Queens’ Green. Queens’ Ditch was filled in from Silver Street back to its present end-point, and converted to conduit.
1936	Fisher Building and Squash Courts erected. Former stables (see 1697) converted to Fitzpatrick Hall. All to the design of G.C. Drinkwater. Fisher Building first occupied October 1936.
1936	Bridge from tip of Grove to Queens’ Green removed. Posts and chain put across ditch.
1937	Junior Common Room moved into Fitzpatrick Hall.
1938–9	Essex Building underpinned after the river had washed away its foundations. The college planned to demolish Essex Building to allow Silver Street to be widened, and erect a smaller building by Drinkwater. Plans for Silver Street vetoed by Ministry of Transport.
1947	Fisher Building flooded. River wall collapsed.
1949	Queen Elizabeth (wife of King George VI and later to become the Queen Mother) becomes Patroness.
1950	Start of conversion of Friars’ Building from 2 sets to 4 bedsits per landing.
1951–2	Old Chapel fitted out as War Memorial Library.
1951?	Louvre by Dawkes (see 1846) removed from Hall.
1952	New Chapel decoration restored by S.E. Dykes Bower.
1957	Kitchens refitted, and expand into the bedroom of C2.
1959	North Room and Middle Room created behind the Fitzpatrick Hall.
1959–60	Erasmus Building erected to the design of Basil Spence. First occupied October 1960.
1961	Hall decoration repainted.
1961 June 5	Formal opening of Erasmus Building by H.M. The Queen Mother, Patroness.
1964	New Pavilion completed at Sports Ground, Barton Road.
1964	Erasmus Room refitted and furnished as an overflow Hall.
1965	Former Lower Library (see 1837) made into a new extension of the Combination Room, and named the Munro Room.
1965	Old Court lawns altered, planting beds made, and court repaved.
1965	Hot and cold running water introduced into Old Court. Central heating also.
1967	South eastern tower of Old Court, at junction of Queens’ Lane and Silver Street, rebuilt.
1968	Council of the College Union, and JCR Committee, created and assumed the organisational role of the Committee of the United Clubs (which ceased to exist), plus new representational roles.
1969	College Bar opened in ground floor of Fitzpatrick Hall.
1969	College converted from 200 to 240 volt electricity, and from town to natural gas.
1969	A student demonstration (against guest regulations and gate hours) in Cloister Court resulted in a snowball shattering an ancient piece of stained glass in the Long Gallery.
1971	Oriental Library converted to Law Library. The Kennett collection was sent on loan to the Oriental Studies Faculty.
1971/2	Cripps Court Phase 1 started, to the design of Powell, Moya & Partners. Orchard wall of 1667–72 demolished except for northern side, which survived.
1973	Fitzpatrick Hall demolished during site clearance for Cripps Court Phase 2.
1974 Oct	Cripps Court Phase 1 (AA to DD and most of EE) completed, first students move in.
1974–6	Central heating installed in Fisher Building.
1975	The Porters’ Lodge moved from Old Court to Fisher Building. New JCR and Bar opened in Cripps Court.
1978 May	Gardens and Grove flooded, Cripps Court basement flooded.
1979 Jan	Cripps Court Kitchens and Dining Hall open (first part of Phase 2 to complete).
1980	Partial collapse of river wall of Grove.
1980	Four student rooms in Friars’ Building converted to baths, WCs, and showers.
1980 Oct	Admission of women.
1981	The remainder of EE and the whole of FF staircase completed, first occupied April 1981. Buttery and Shop open.
1983	Cripps Court launderette, toilets and Angevin Room completed. Phase 2 complete.
1983	Cloister staircase stripped back to studwork and redecorated as half-timbering, and a blocked doorway to the President’s Lodge re-opened.
1983	Substantial repairs to Long Gallery, including complete replastering. President’s Lodge re-roofed. President’s Housekeeper’s Flat extended. Visitors’ Cloakroom extended into old offices.
1983–4	The BBC film a series on Queens’, a Cambridge College.
1983–4	Room C1 restored to residential use after having been part of the old kitchens.
1985	Essex Building roof re-slated.
1985	Cripps Court Phase 1 re-roofed.
1985	Supervision room on Q converted to first computer room, with 5 BBC model B microcomputers and a dot-matrix printer.
1985	Former pantry door from President’s Lodge kitchen moved to doorframe rediscovered in bridge passage.
1985	Secondary glazing added to Armitage Room windows.
1986 March	New electronic telephone system. Room V1 (home of old mechanical exchange) returned to residential use.
1986 June	Boathouse demolished. New Boathouse started.
1986	Major refurbishments of houses at 63, 65 Panton Street.
1986 July	Squash Courts demolished. Cripps Court Phase 3 foundations started, to the design of Bland, Brown & Cole.
1987 Feb	Boat Club move into new Boathouse.
1987	Cripps Court Phase 3 buildings started.
1987 Jul 22	The Patroness attended a Garden Party to mark the end of the Heritage Appeal.
1987	Dokett Boilerhouse refurbished.
1988 July	Owlstone Croft purchased. Block A and part of Block B first occupied October 1988.
1989	Cripps Court Phase 3 completed: possession March 3rd. The new theatre is called the Fitzpatrick Hall. First performance by Bats at the end of Lent Term.
1989 Aug	Brickwork of Old Court Silver Street elevation cleaned and re-mortared, to Feb 1990.
1989 Oct	Remainder of Owlstone Croft Block B occupied.
1989	Chapel triptych restored.
1989	Portrait of the Patroness, the Queen Mother, by June Mendoza.
1989 Dec	Purchase of 61 Panton Street.
1990	Fumigation of Old Library book-stock to combat book-worm.
1990	President’s Lodge Silver Safe fitted out with display cabinets.
1990	Conversion of derelict kitchens to the "Old Kitchens" public room.
1991	Chapel stained glass cleaned. External floodlights installed for East Window. Chapel centenary Oct 13.
1991	Walnut-Tree Building roof re-slated and repaired. Showers installed in that building.
1991	Dokett Building sets sub-divided into two study-bedrooms.
1991	Former kitchen staff room in Essex converted to new computer room.
1991	New surface laid to Lyon Court, replacing the original.
1991	Purchase of 71/73 Maid’s Causeway.
1991	Queens’ top of the inter-college academic league table, based on Tripos results.
1992	Dr Michael Foale becomes the first Queens’ member in space, on Space Shuttle Atlantis.
1992	The Internet arrives at Queens’ and the new computer room on Essex opened for use.
1992 Jun 9	Phase 3 of Cripps Court officially named Lyon Court by the Queen Mother.
1992	Basement of E staircase made unisex and showers added.
1992	Law Library (formerly Oriental Library) refurbished.
1992	Leaking flat roof of Cripps Dining Hall repaired.
1992	65 Panton Street refurbished, incorporating basement rooms. 61 Panton Street modernised.
1993	War Memorial Library gutted and rebuilt with an extra reading floor and more shelves. Various structural defects repaired. Old wall paintings discovered and conserved.
1993	Old Court room C2 stripped back to its original timber framing.
1993	Heating and hot water for Walnut-Tree, Old Court, and Library decentralised to local gas boilers.
1994	Formal opening of reconstructed library by Lady Armitage on April 23rd.
1994–5	Railings and gates along Silver Street erected outside Fisher Building.
1994	The Alma Brewery purchased and erection of 98/100 Norwich Street commenced.
1994	Old Court room B1 stripped back to its original timber framing.
1994	Heating renewed for Old Hall, OSCR, Munro Room. Chapel heating boiler installed.
1995	Vaulted ceiling of old main gate redecorated, and new lighting installed.
1995	Room B2 (the A.D. Browne Reading Room since 1964) was restored to residential use. A half-timbered wall (removed in 1964) was faked. Original fireplace restored to use.
1995	Old Music Room windows unblocked, repaired, and secondary glazing installed. Humidity controller installed.
1995	98/100 Norwich Street house opened to student residents on October 28th.
1996	Structural repairs and refurbishment in room C3 and C6 above; wall-paintings discovered in C3; fireplace problems in C6.
1996	Structural repairs in the riverside wing of President’s Lodge, especially Breakfast Room ceiling.
1997	Internet and telephone sockets in every student room on main site. College web site launched.
1997	Coat of Arms in Old Court re-painted (incorrectly, in the case of the Hungary quarter).
1997	External lighting improved around the main site east of the river. Students have keys to Dokett Gate.
1997	En-suite conversion of Erasmus Building, the first such conversion in Queens’.
1997–8	Launch of Q550 Appeal to celebrate the college’s 550th anniversary.
1998 Jun 7	Visit of Queen Mother to celebrate her 50 years as Patroness. Names a boat "The Patroness".
1998	En-suite conversion of V staircase.
1999	En-suite conversion of X and Y staircases. Repairs to wet rot in roof of Y, dry rot in roof of W.
1999	Repair of flat roof over JCR office in Walnut Tree Court.
1999	Removal of some of the asbestos-containing panels in Cripps Court Phase 1.
1999	Roof of 71 Maids Causeway re-slated. Student house at 77 River Lane sold.
2000	En-suite conversion of W staircase. Enhanced-accessibility set created on ground floor, with ramped access.
2000	Gutters renewed on south side of Old Court. Dinner bell tower lead roof renewed.
2001	Owlstone Croft Block B communal kitchens, bathrooms, showers, WCs stripped out and rebuilt.
2001	Owlstone Croft Block C demolished. Owlstone Lodge re-roofed and stabilised.
2001	Old Hall re-roofed, with thermal insulation. Chimney stacks strengthened. Lead roof of Erasmus’s Tower renewed.
2001	President’s Lodge Kidman staircase repaired after leaks, stripped of internal plaster and redecorated.
2001	Roof of 73 Maids Causeway re-slated.
2002 Mar 30	Death of the Patroness.
2002	En-suite conversion of EE staircase
2002	Conservatory extension to JCR/Bar built.
2002	Chapel organ restoration
2003	Old Hall floor (of encaustic tiles and stone) restored as a reproduction. Discovery of old doorway between Old Hall and OSCR.
2003	Owlstone Croft Block A communal kitchens, bathrooms, showers, WCs stripped and refurbished.
2003	En-suite conversion of DD staircase
2003	Disabled WC created beside JCR office in Walnut-Tree Court
2003	Chimney stack of kitchen and Audit Dining Room of President’s Lodge repaired and flue-lined.
2004	Weathervane on dinner bell tower over Old Hall broke away and fell to ground: repaired.
2004	JCR/Bar remodelled: new drinks bar in centre of area, former drinks bar made into food bar.
2004	Old Library gas-discharge fire extinguishing system replaced and extended into Munro Room under. Woodworm discovered and treated.
2004	Clockwork mechanism of Old Court tower clock failed when suspension cables snapped and drive weights plummetted to ground and shattered.
2005	Old Hall restoration and cleaning of decoration.
2005	Tower clock converted to electronic movement, restored and redecorated.
2005	External decoration of Sports Pavilion, Groundsman’s Bungalow, and Boathouse.
2006	Essex Building parapets and gutters repaired.
2006	Fitzpatrick Hall sprung wood-strip floor renewed.
2006	Central heating introduced to I staircase, Pump Court.
2006–7	Fourth floor extension to Cripps Court (partly the Stephen Thomas Research Centre), replacing former flat roof.
2007–8	Extensive works throughout college to meet requirements of safety legislation for Houses in Multiple Occupation. All gas appliances removed from student rooms and gyp-rooms. Cut-out timers on electrical cooking in gyp-rooms. Self-closers on all bedroom doors. Smoke detectors in every room. Many doors upgraded to be fire-resistant. All college estate declared to be non-smoking areas.
2007	First wi-fi internet coverage installed in communal areas.
2008	En-suite conversion of CC staircase.
2008	Chapel re-roofed, plus associated fabric repairs, thermal insulation, and lightning protection.
2008	Sports Pavilion re-roofed.
2008	77 Panton Street: major repairs and refurbishment.
2009	Repairs to gatehouse turrets and flagpole, lightning protection installed.
2009	65 Panton Street refurbished.
2009	Perimeter security begins change from key operation to University Card. Students able to unlock Old Court main gates for first time.
2009–10	Cripps Court staircase entries enclosed in glass lobbies with automatic doors, with ramp for disabled access to Health Centre, BB, CC, DD. Cripps cloisters lined with Portland Stone instead of earlier cement render.
2009–10	Significant structural repairs to room C4 and C5 above, and support for fireplace of C5. Rotted major cross-beam repaired.
2010	New shower/WC inserted into attic of B staircase, and gyp-room enlarged.
2010	Friars Building re-roofed, with associated fabric repairs, thermal insulation, and lightning protection.
2010	Secondary glazing fitted in V and X staircases.
2010	71 Maids Causeway: structural repairs and refurbishment: kitchen moved to basement.
2011	Porters’ Lodge moves to Portakabin outside W staircase in preparation for Round redevelopment.
2011	Dokett Boilerhouse completely refitted.
2011	Secondary glazing fitted in W and Y staircases, Erasmus Room, AA Solarium, 73 Maids Causeway. Solarium handed to JCR from SCR.
2011	Rainwater leaks into Library from clock tower repaired. Woodworm treatment in Old Library.
2012	Cleaning of white concrete in Cripps Dining Hall.
2012	Sports Ground Pavilion refurbished: complete renewal and modernisation of communal changing rooms, showers, sanitation, and installation of heating. Complete external redecorion of Pavilion and Bungalow.
2012	Secondary glazing fitted in 35 Elitisley Avenue, 35 Marlowe Road, 61, 63, 75 Panton Street, 9 Owlstone Road, and the SCR on AA staircase.
2012	Chapel heating boiler replaced, lighting replaced with LED fittings.
2012	Fisher Building external redecoration of teak window frames of whole building.
2012	Essex Building ground floor stone window frames along Silver Street repaired or renewed.
2012	63 Panton Street repairs and refurbishment, including erection of pitched roof in imitation of original, replacing flat felt roof of WW2 vintage.
2012	Houses in Panton Street and Norwich Street connected to college by fibre-optic cable, replacing slow modems.
2012	Wi-fi wireless internet coverage extended into bedrooms of Fisher, Erasmus, Old Court, Walnut-Tree Court.
2012	Purchase of two houses in Owlstone Road and Grantchester Street.
2012	En-suite conversion of T staircase.
2012–13	Redevelopment of The Round and new Porters’ Lodge.
2013	Commencement of long-term project to upgrade and strengthen the electrical distribution infrastructure around the main site.
2013	Secondary glazing installed in T staircase, all of Friars, Essex, and Walnut-Tree buildings. Angevin Room glass panels replaced with double-glazed units. Trial double-glazed sliding sash in K10.
2013	Thermal insulation applied to ceilings of all top-floor rooms in Erasmus Building.
2013–14	Upgrades to Cripps Court hot water system to increase delivery capacity.
2013	Massive concrete blocks discovered under The Round: ground anchors for tie-rods holding up the river wall.
2013	Boathouse communal changing rooms and showers: new heating system.
2013	Owlstone Croft Block A: repairs to slate roof and chimney-stacks.
2013	75 Panton Street: major refurbishment.
2013	Complete estate-wide coverage of wi-fi wireless internet achieved: both main site and all hostels/houses.
2014	Fisher Building: water services pressurised, long-term underground leak of hot water identified and by-passed.
2014	Electricity supply capacity of east side doubled by transferring it to be fed from west-side sub-station, over Silver Street bridge.
2014	President’s Lodge kitchen refurbished, with electric induction hob cooking.
2014	President’s Lodge boilers renewed, flue new lined, lightning protection on chimney to Long Gallery.
2014	Rediscovery of underground tunnel in Cloister Court.
2014	Erasmus Building K staircase ground floor enclosed in glass lobby with automatic doors.
2014	Erasmus Building set L1 refurbished with kitchenette, and double-glazed sliding sash windows.
2014	Owlstone Croft: six new en-suite student rooms (one with enhanced accessibility) in disused dining room of Block A.
2014	En-suite conversion of BB and FF staircases. Some large rooms on FF sub-divided into two: net increase of four bedrooms on site. Some rooms transferred from BB to AA staircase. Staircases AA, BB, FF all re-numbered. Much lighting converted to LED.
2014	Secondary glazing fitted in Q, R, S, BB.
2014–15	Dokett Building: complete refurbishment, en-suiting, re-roofed, with associated fabric repairs, thermal insulation, and lightning protection. External brick and stone repaired and cleaned. LED room lighting.
2015	Old Library gas fire suppression system renewed.
2015	Secondary glazing fitted in FF.
2015	Dokett Gate (of 1960) replaced with automatic gates, with provision for disabled access.
2015	Fellows’ flats on 3rd floor of AA/BB: glazed walls replaced with double-glazed units.
2015–16	Five new en-suite student rooms on first floor of Owlstone Croft Block D: occupied March 2016
2015–16	New college nursery constructed on ground floor of Owlstone Croft Block D. Nursery moves from Lyon Court to new nursery at Owlstone.
2016 Jan 27	River wall collapsed between Silver Street and Mathematical Bridge: river had under-scoured the foundations.
2016	Chapel rainwater pipes renewed and redecorated.
2016	Owlstone Croft Black A: archive store room made out of old kitchen area.
2016	Old Court north range and E staircase roof replacement, associated fabric repairs, thermal insulation, and lightning protection.
2016–17	Repairs to collapsed river bank.
2017	Secondary glazing fitted in CC.
2017	LED lighting system fitted in Old Hall
2017–18	Cottage at entry to Owlstone Croft site converted to Porters’ Lodge, opened April 2018
2017–18	Old Court south range and A staircase roof replacement, associated fabric repairs, thermal insulation, and lightning protection.
2018	Former gates to the Round widened and fitted as vehicular entry gates to Owlstone Croft.
2018	Cripps Court name carved in stone under AA staircase.
2018	Path in front of Friars Building re-laid in stone.
2018	Fitzpatrick Hall refitted: new floor, new retractable seating, new lighting and control system.
2018	One squash court converted to extend the Multi-gym.
2018	Additional book stacks added to War Memorial Library on mezzanine levels at east end.
2018–19	Old Court gatehouse fabric repairs, new lead roof, lightning protection.
2019	Old Court Sundial replaced by temporary graphic after cement substrate partially cut away for appraisal.
2019	At the Sports Ground, a cycle path created to the pavilion from Fulbrooke Road, across King’s ground.
2019	New railings on Queens’ Lane alongside Dokett Building, in imitation of original 1912 railings, but lower in height.
2019	Glazing of staircase L replaced with double-glazed units.
2019	Concete rooftop pergola of Erasmus Building repaired and redecorated.
2019-20	External redecoration and lightning protection of Essex Building; repairs to roof leadwork of Essex & Riverside buildings, repairs to Audit Dining Room bay window.
2020	New dumb waiter to Audit Dining Room, re-furbishment of Breakfast Room.
	... more to come