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Line 71: == Buildings and location == [[File:Cambridge Queens' CloisterCourt.JPG|thumb|Cloister Court|alt=|left]] Queens’ is the earliest example of a complete purpose-designed college in Cambridge. The original building, which now constitutes Old Court, incorporates all necessary components of a medieval college in a single building: residences, dining hall, kitchens, library, and chapel. There are, of course, older colleges, some having absorbed older non-collegiate buildings, and older collegiate buildings, but none of those were built as a complete college from the outset. Unlike many colleges, which in the 18th century clad their buildings in classical stone and transformed their Gothic windows into rectangular sash windows, Queens’ could not afford to, therefore leaving Today, Queens' College has some of the most recognisable buildings in Cambridge. It combines [[medieval architecture]] and [[modern architecture]] in extensive gardens. It is one of two Cambridge colleges whose core buildings straddle the [[River Cam]]{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} (the other being [[St John's College, Cambridge|St John's]]). The two halves are joined across the river by the [[Mathematical Bridge]]. The two banks are colloquially referred to as the "light side" and the "dark side".{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Queens' College is located to the south of the centre of the city. It is the second southernmost of the colleges on the banks of the River Cam, primarily on the east bank. (The others—in distance order—are [[King's College, Cambridge|King's]], [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare]], [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]], [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity]], [[St John's College, Cambridge|St John's]], and [[Magdalene College, Cambridge|Magdalene]] to the north and [[Darwin College, Cambridge|Darwin]] to the south). | |||