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SJCR/SJES/5/3/1/1
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- 1824 (Creation)
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10 items, paper and card
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Biographical history
John Clement Mead was an architect and designer based in London. Mead was the son of the London surveyor and designer Clement Mead. Mead trained at his father’s office and was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1815. Between 1822 and 1824 he designed and built the Cambridge Observatory on Madingley Road. Mead submitted designs that were not adopted for new buildings at King’s College in 1823 and St John’s College in 1824. He died on 15 January 1839 after a long illness.
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Scope and content
Designs for New Court proposed by John Clement Mead of London, who had designed the Cambridge University Observatory in 1822. The series includes plans, elevations and perspectives of the proposed building. These designs may have been submitted speculatively as they predate the 1825 invitation for other architects to submit plans. The proposed designs were not built.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The items in this series are water-damaged and stained