• 1. Introduction; 2. Cambridge before the university (up to 1280); 3. The pattern of the colleges (1280–1515); 4. The English Renaissance in Cambridge (1515–1663); 5. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century classicism (1663–1800); 6. Nineteenth-century revivalism 1800–1875; 7. Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century eclecticism (1875–1939); 8. Post-war buildings (1939–1970); 9. Buildings since 1970; Index.

"This lucid, if terse, summary of a large topic is an intelligent study by a lecturer in the Departrment of Architecture in the University of Cambridge. He clearly knows the college buildings inside out...he provides full bibliographical details and much unusual information....It is difficult to be free of prejudice when discussing post-war Cambridge buildings, many of them painful examples of the New Brutalism, but Nicholas Ray makes a valiant attempt." Times Literary Supplement

• 1. Introduction; 2. Cambridge before the university (up to 1280); 3. The pattern of the colleges (1280–1515); 4. The English Renaissance in Cambridge (1515–1663); 5. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century classicism (1663–1800); 6. Nineteenth-century revivalism 1800–1875; 7. Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century eclecticism (1875–1939); 8. Post-war buildings (1939–1970); 9. Buildings since 1970; Index.

"This lucid, if terse, summary of a large topic is an intelligent study by a lecturer in the Departrment of Architecture in the University of Cambridge. He clearly knows the college buildings inside out...he provides full bibliographical details and much unusual information....It is difficult to be free of prejudice when discussing post-war Cambridge buildings, many of them painful examples of the New Brutalism, but Nicholas Ray makes a valiant attempt." Times Literary Supplement

• 1. Introduction; 2. Cambridge before the university (up to 1280); 3. The pattern of the colleges (1280–1515); 4. The English Renaissance in Cambridge (1515–1663); 5. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century classicism (1663–1800); 6. Nineteenth-century revivalism 1800–1875; 7. Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century eclecticism (1875–1939); 8. Post-war buildings (1939–1970); 9. Buildings since 1970; Index.

"This lucid, if terse, summary of a large topic is an intelligent study by a lecturer in the Departrment of Architecture in the University of Cambridge. He clearly knows the college buildings inside out...he provides full bibliographical details and much unusual information....It is difficult to be free of prejudice when discussing post-war Cambridge buildings, many of them painful examples of the New Brutalism, but Nicholas Ray makes a valiant attempt." Times Literary Supplement