Wren Library

The library is a single large room built over an open colonnade on the ground floor of Nevile's Court.

At the end of each stack is a fine limewood carving by Grinling Gibbons, and above these are plaster cast busts of notable writers through the ages.

[1] Giovanni Battista Cipriani was commissioned to design the stained-glass window at the south end, and William Peckitt completed it in 1775.

The 5.03 m (16.5 ft) × 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) window shows Fame or the muse of the college in yellow robes presenting Isaac Newton to King George III, seated by an allegory of Britannia, while Francis Bacon records the proceedings, and two cherubim and a bare-breasted woman with a trumpet herald the occasion.

[2] On the east balustrade of the library's roof are four statues by Gabriel Cibber representing Divinity, Law, Physic (medicine), and Mathematics.

Wren Library seen from Nevile's Court
The library's rear facade as seen from the River Cam
The interior of the library, showing the limewood carvings by Grinling Gibbons
Stained glass window and Lord Byron statue at Wren Library's south end
Cloisters beneath Wren Library's main room
The Wren Library (foreground) and University Library (background) viewed from the chapel tower at St John's College
Trinity College arms
Trinity College arms
Trinity College arms
Trinity College arms