The Rubrics — Trinity College

Detached thirty-one-bay four-storey hall of residence, built c.1700, upper floor added 1894, central curvilinear gable-fronted bay to front (west) and rear (east) elevations, now in use as hall of residence and offices. Pitched slate roof with curvilinear gables to north and south elevations, terracotta ridge tiles, canted red brick chimneystacks, dentillated red brick eaves, terracotta eaves course to curvilinear gables, cogged brick eaves course to front (west) and rear (east) elevations, cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick, laid in Flemish garden wall bond and English bond to walls, with roughcast render to rear (east) elevation, carved granite string courses, and rendered plinth course having granite capping to front, north and south elevations. Side (north and south) elevations rebuilt in stretcher bond. Half-dormer window openings with hipped roofs and segmental-headed half-dormers having pitched roofs, having terracotta ridge tiles, terracotta finials, paired square-headed window openings with granite platbands and paired four-over-four pane and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Curvilinear gable-fronted half-dormer windows having round-headed window openings, stepped reveals, timber framed windows, continuous carved limestone sill course. Square-headed window openings, with raised red brick jambs and render lintels, to front, raised render reveals to rear, having granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door openings, some with granite block-and-start surrounds, having keystone detail and carved panels with roman numerals over, and some having calp limestone surrounds with carved sandstone capitals and cornices over. Recent timber panelled doors and overlights. Set in grounds of Trinity College, forming east range of Library Square and west range of New Square.