It is also one of the only Oxbridge colleges, where students (as opposed to just fellows) can walk on the grass.

It would satisfy both Mr Lindsay and those who feel that middle-class self-confidence plays too great a role in determining who gets admitted to the Oxbridge colleges.

The company also has close links with some eighteen other educational establishments ranging from Oxbridge colleges to a primary school.

Other big landholders are some, though by no means all, of the Oxbridge colleges.

It is clearly modelled on the entrance gates of the Oxbridge colleges and originally had large wooden doors which were locked at night; these have since been removed for improvements in access.

Unlike the Oxbridge colleges, these residential colleges are not autonomous legal entities nor are they typically much involved in education itself, being primarily concerned with room, board, and social life.

The layout is similar to that of an "Oxbridge" college.

Typically, two or three students in each year will acquire places at Oxbridge colleges, although recent figures suggest this is likely to increase.

Many of these apartments were reached from external doors in the courtyard in the manner still seen at Oxbridge colleges.

It is the second richest of all the Oxbridge colleges.