The Rubrics
| The Rubrics | |
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| The Rubrics of Trinity College, Dublin | |
View upon passing the Campanile.
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| General information | |
| Type | Student Residences |
| Location | Library Square Trinity College Dublin 2 Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°20′40″N 6°15′26″W / 53.34439961°N 6.25731468°W |
| Completed | c.1700 |
| Renovated | 1894 |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Robert John Stirling |
The Rubrics is the oldest building within Trinity College, Dublin. Although the exact date is unknown, it was designed and built in c.1700. Today, the Rubrics are used as rooms for students and fellows.
Originally part of a quadrangle of similar buildings, it is the sole remaining original of the college's Library Square. These included Rotten Row, which was replaced by the Graduates Memorial Building, and another residential block which stood at the west end of the square, where the Campanile stands today. To the south is the Old Library of the college, having been begun in 1712. Constructed almost entirely from brick, with tall hexagonal chimneys, the buildings were designed as residences for the students of Trinity College.
In 1840, three bays were removed from either end of the building. Later renovation was made in 1894, by Robert John Stirling, who added a new brick facing and curviliner Dutch gables.
The Rubrics is heavily associated with the infamous shooting and death of Edward Ford, then Fellow of the College, and son of the Archdeacon of Derry at number 25 of the building on 7 March 1734. He was strongly disliked by the undergraduate body, as he had a tendency to interfere with student matters.
On that particular evening, a boisterous group of students entered Front Gate, beating the porter stationed there, for which they earned a strong scolding from Ford. Subsequently they went to their rooms to plot, after which they made their way to the college's New Square (known then as the Playground) after midnight to break Ford's windows. However Ford responded with a pistol and shot at the group, injuring one, and then ordered two undergraduates to summon a porter.
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