thumb|trinity's great court looking north, showing the king's gate, chapel, fountain and the great gate. great court is the main court of trinity college, cambridge, and reputed to be the largest enclosed court in europe. the court was completed by thomas nevile, master of the college, in the early years of the 17th century, when he rearranged the existing buildings to form a single court. ==description== thumb|upright|trinity's main entrance, the great gate, leading to the great court. thumb|trinity college choir singing from the towers of great court on 9 june 2013. starting in the northeast corner at e staircase, in which isaac newton had his rooms, and moving clockwise, one first reaches the porters' lodge and great gate, begun in 1490 as the entrance to king's hall and completed in 1535. the great gate is home to the famous statue of founder henry viii whose sceptre was replaced by a chair leg by students in the 19th century. next comes the east range, and staircases f-k (with j omitted out of tradition) that contain the college bursary and rooms principally housing fellows of the college. staircase i leads to angel court, containing rooms for students and fellows, and to the college bar. thumb|cambridge university, great court, trinity college the south range runs from staircases lâq with rooms for students and fellows, with queen's gate (named after elizabeth i) as its centrepiece. r staircase can be found in a passage leading to bishop's hostel, while s staircase is on the left in the passage leading past the hall into nevile's court. the west range is dominated by the great hall, the college's dining hall modelled on that of middle temple, and the master's lodge. the fourth side begins with staircases aâc, before reaching king's gate (also called edward iii gateway), and the entrance to the oldest part of the college, the remaining surviving buildings of king's hall. originally built on the site of the current sundial in the middle of the court, nevile moved it 20 metres north when completing the court. king's gate also houses the famous clock that chimes every 15 minutes and strikes the hour twice. the clock was installed at the request of master of trinity richard bentley in the 17th century, striking each hour once for the college of his m
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