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1844 · Theological college\n\n## Westminster College\n\nIt is the most architecturally rewarding of the Federation houses from the street, yet it remains a working United Reformed Church college shaped by the remarkable 'Sisters of Sinai' rather than a tourist site.\n\n[Official site]()\n\nFounded 1844\n\nWhere West\n\nAccess Check before visiting\n\nType Theological college\n\nThe college\n\n### A closer\n*look.*\n\nWest — Madingley Road\n\n**Founded 1844.** Founded in London in 1844 as the theological college of the Presbyterian Church in England, it moved to Cambridge in 1899 on a site given by the twin manuscript scholars Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, and since 1972 it has trained ministers for the United Reformed Church.\n\nHenry Hare's red-brick and stone college of 1897–99, Tudor in general style with Arts and Crafts detailing and a landmark entrance tower, commands the corner of Queen's Road and Madingley Road at the north-west edge of the Backs. Twenty-first-century redevelopment has renewed the buildings for study and hospitality.\n\nNearby on foot · West **Find Westminster College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around Westminster College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2104°N, 0.1119°W [Get directions]()\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[2 min walk **Lucy Cavendish College** North]()[2 min walk **Wesley House** Central-N]()[4 min walk **Magdalene College** Central-N]()[4 min walk **St Edmund's College** North]()\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01 Henry Hare's entrance tower at the Queen's Road corner\n2. 02 Red brick and stone Arts and Crafts detailing\n3. 03 Chapel windows, seen when attending events\n4. 04 Portraits recalling the Sisters of Sinai, interior by arrangement\n5. 05 The Backs beginning directly across the road\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, the 'Sisters of Sinai'\n- John Oman, Presbyterian theologian and Principal\n- The Cheshunt College inheritance from Selina, Countess of Huntingdon's 1768 foundation\n- The Cambridge Theological Federation and the Woolf Institute, both based on site\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting Westminster College\n\nWestminster College is a working United Reformed Church college rather than a tourist site; guests are welcomed chiefly through its conference, dining and events hospitality. Its archives receive researchers by arrangement, so casual entry cannot be assumed.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1844\n\nArea\n\nWest — Madingley Road\n\nType\n\nTheological college\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Check hours, tickets and access.\n\nCheck opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.\n\nUpdated\n\nDate unavailable\n\nBy\n\n[Above Guide Editorial Team]()\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site westminster.cam.ac.uk ↗]()\n- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗]()\n\n[Report a correction]()\n\nKeep exploring\n\n### Where to\n*next.*\n\n[All colleges]()[Neighbourhoods]()[Things to Do]()" }