What are the Rubrics like?

paperclipgrad

I used to post a lot here under 'paperclip', but stopped when I was in third year, I'm now returning as a grad student and have been pencilled in for a room in the Rubrics. What are they like on the inside? Extra points for photos!

Mark200

I've only been in one room in there, and only for a couple of minutes. It seemed fairly basic and a bit small. But I can't compare that to any other Trinity accommodation since I've never been in any other!

paperclipgrad

Thanks for the reply- did it have a big window? Was it cold? What was the layout of the apartment like?

Bajingo

Just for the sake of comparison to what mark200 said, from what i've seen of Botany Bay accommodation they are also quite small as are the windows, but I quite like that. From what i've seen of housing in front square, they are much bigger!

paperclipgrad

Just to clarify- Rubrics are much bigger compared to the Front Square rooms? Do they have a historical feel on the inside? Because I quite like the idea of living in buildings from 1699, do they still retain those period features?

Kwekubo

Welcome back Paperclip, did you lose your login or something?

I've heard that the rooms can be cold as there are only electric heaters, not central heating. There is a bit of an olde-world feel though, antique 18th century fittings, stone steps and the like! Well away from the roads too so they will be peaceful.

paperclipgrad

Brilliant, I love olde-worlde type things (my research has an historical element to it) so I'll like that. I was rather hoping it wouldn't be all blank white walls inside with all the fun stuff gone, you know?

Re: my login name: yes, it's gone- not sure why? Boards was hacked into, wasn't it? Ah well, new login name to match my new status at college...

Mark200

paperclipgrad wrote: »

Thanks for the reply- did it have a big window? Was it cold? What was the layout of the apartment like?

Can't remember the window size, but it looked right out onto front square so I wouldn't have any complaints! You walked in, had a little table to the side (4-seater kinda thing) with a stove and all. Go straight ahead and there's ~two small bedrooms.

dabh

The room number would give more information on the type of room. A typical Rubrics room number will look like 2X.0Y.0Z where X is one of 2,3,4,5,6, Y is one of 0,1,2,3 and Z is likely to be one of 1,2,3,4. The 2X represents the house number (22, 23, 24, 25, 26). The Y will determine the floor. For a student room the most likely possibility is Y = 3, in which case you will be up in the rooms at the top of the building. Those rooms don't AFAIK go back to the time of Queen Anne, but were added in the 19th century, or thereabouts. The rooms at the top are comparatively small.

paperclipgrad

Great info, thanks so much! It's great knowing what to expect.


It looks like I'll be on the top floor with a nice view of the front square (hopefully- if Z=1, does that look out to the front or the back?) I'm getting a standard single, does this mean I won't have table/seating? Will it just be a room on its own?
Oh- and do the rooms have a bookshelf/desk?

dabh

paperclipgrad wrote: »

Great info, thanks so much! It's great knowing what to expect.


It looks like I'll be on the top floor with a nice view of the front square (hopefully- if Z=1, does that look out to the front or the back?) I'm getting a standard single, does this mean I won't have table/seating? Will it just be a room on its own?
Oh- and do the rooms have a bookshelf/desk?

Expect a view of New Square! Essentially they reconfigured the layout a few decades ago, presumably partly if not largely for fire safety reasons. There are corridors running lengthways between the tops of the staircases (with a break where Prof. Gaskin's rooms used to be). On the front square side there are bathrooms and kitchen areas. The individual rooms are on the New Square side, so your windows will look out in that direction.

The value of Z is immaterial: it almost certainly increases from north to south along the building.

They repainted (and probably refurnished) those rooms a couple of years ago, when they were working on the exterior of the Rubrics, and causing a lot of disruption in the process! But I don't know what those rooms are like on the inside.

Bajingo

paperclipgrad wrote: »

Just to clarify- Rubrics are much bigger compared to the Front Square rooms? Do they have a historical feel on the inside? Because I quite like the idea of living in buildings from 1699, do they still retain those period features?

Sorry, no I meant the front square apartments (that i've seen anyway) are bigger, the rooms are huge.

just-joe

Lived in the Rubrics last year. Was a bit cold during winter, but overall, great. Smaller than Front Square but as big or bigger than Botany Bay I think. Nicest furniture of any rooms I've been in. Had to share a shower but that was no big deal. Was nice and quiet too as there are many grads and some lecturers. Great location and awesome view (if you are close to where I was, which was top floor near the middle) of the Campanile, and front square. Great place to be for Trinity Ball.

And its cheaper than the rest too.

paperclipgrad

It sounds lovely- I'll be in house 25, that's slightly over to one side, giving you those amazing views right? Do they let you bring in space heaters?

What sort of furniture do you get in the room- will I need to bring a bookshelf/desk?

For these of you who are equally as nerdish as I am about architecture, here's a load of info about the Rubrics: ARCHITECTURE OF RUBRICS
Scroll down a bit to get the relevant info, includes some really nice photos of the exterior.

With regard to the trinity ball- can you go to the ball without paying for a ticket?? Or do they kick you out of the rooms for a night if you don't have one?

paperclipgrad

Found pics of the interior!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alishine/sets/72157608628925191/with/2999832759/

It looks like you get a small sitting room AND a bedroom to yourself- are all the standard single rooms like this? On the third floor as well? If so, I'm pleased.

Kwekubo

paperclipgrad wrote: »

With regard to the trinity ball- can you go to the ball without paying for a ticket?? Or do they kick you out of the rooms for a night if you don't have one?

Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more.

paperclipgrad

Ahhhhhhh.....I see....

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Apparently Bram Stoker lived in Rubrics House 26. Out of curiosity, where did all the 'notable alumni' live on campus? I heard somewhere that Oscar Wilde lived with his brother Willie, but not where (GMB?)

oharach

paperclipgrad wrote: »

Ahhhhhhh.....I see....

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Apparently Bram Stoker lived in Rubrics House 26. Out of curiosity, where did all the 'notable alumni' live on campus? I heard somewhere that Oscar Wilde lived with his brother Willie, but not where (GMB?)

Samuel Beckett lived in House 39 (the Law School). There is a blue plaque outside to that effect.

paperclipgrad

Strange, I've walked that way plenty of times and never noticed the plaque.

Not really rubrics-specific, but are pets of any kind allowed?

PurpleFistMixer

I've been in both Rubrics (my ex lives there) and Front Square (I live there), and my personal experience is that the bedroom in the Rubrics is significantly bigger. In Front Square I've got space for a desk, a single bed, a closet and a keyboard, and that's about it. In Rubrics there was space to actually have people over... which is good, since there's no common area and the kitchen is miniscule, so I guess it balances out.

In his room there was some sort of gas heater which was pretty good at warming the room (also, your heating bills are much lower due to the no-central-heating thing), albeit rather unevenly.

paperclipgrad

Glad to hear about the space to have people over- I was worried it wouldn't be big enough to have people staying (I have visitors most weekends) but seems like that won't be a problem. The small kitchen is a real disadvantage- I enjoy cooking. The location makes up for it though...