The Bull Hotel, Cambridge
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The Bull Hotel was a historical hotel located at 68 Trumpington Street, Cambridge
, England
, next to the St Catharine's College
.
The four storey hotel was built in 1828, and occupies the site of an inn previously known as the Black Bull, which was in existence as early as Edward V's reign. The Black Bull was bequeathed to St. Catharine's in 1626 and rebuilt in 1828 and opened as a hotel. Two "Acanthus'" type posts are said to flank the stone ashlar porch of the Bull Hotel.
It was one of the top hotels in Cambridge until 1941 when the hotel became a centre for American serviceman in Cambridge, and photographs taken during the war reveal this and an American flag coexisting with the Union Jack outside the hotel. At the end of the war the American servicemen established Bull College
, named after the hotel and between 1945 and 1946 the hotel functioned as a centre for Russian courses for the British Army, but then merged with St Catharine's. The building became a Grade II listed building on 26 April 1950.
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, England
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, next to the St Catharine's College
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
St. Catharine’s College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473, the college is often referred to informally by the nickname "Catz".-History:...
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The four storey hotel was built in 1828, and occupies the site of an inn previously known as the Black Bull, which was in existence as early as Edward V's reign. The Black Bull was bequeathed to St. Catharine's in 1626 and rebuilt in 1828 and opened as a hotel. Two "Acanthus'" type posts are said to flank the stone ashlar porch of the Bull Hotel.
It was one of the top hotels in Cambridge until 1941 when the hotel became a centre for American serviceman in Cambridge, and photographs taken during the war reveal this and an American flag coexisting with the Union Jack outside the hotel. At the end of the war the American servicemen established Bull College
Bull College
Bull College is one of the former colleges of the University of Cambridge, existing from 1945 to 1946. It originated as the Cambridge branch of the Training Within Civilian Agencies programme of the U.S. Army, and provided a Cambridge degree programme for American GIs...
, named after the hotel and between 1945 and 1946 the hotel functioned as a centre for Russian courses for the British Army, but then merged with St Catharine's. The building became a Grade II listed building on 26 April 1950.