Support our Quad project, support our future

Community life is one of the cornerstones of life at Trinity, and for many of our residential students that means the invaluable experience of living together in community on campus. We are blessed with a wonderful nine-acre site with beautiful grounds, but our existing buildings no longer fully meet our needs. The large, 1960s Carter Building, which historically provided single occupancy accommodation, will soon require substantial and expensive repair and maintenance work, and we need to make better provision for those with limited mobility.

Our plan is to provide high-quality residential accommodation that is as sustainable and accessible as possible. It will take place in three stages. The Quad development will form the first and second phases. It will cost just over £1.2M (with £600,000 already raised). The third phase will consist of a £5M project to renew the Carter building to provide hotel-style accommodation for guests, conferences and dispersed learners, as well as a new library space.

The Quad development

Until the late ’80s, the Quad area was used for single-occupancy accommodation but it is now dated and the facilities are no longer adequate. It only has a limited number of bedrooms and contains now-redundant study and storage rooms. The new development will provide a substantial number of good-sized study bedrooms, as well as kitchens, a lounge area, a study/quiet room, lift access to an upper floor and an attractive courtyard.

The space will be designed to balance comfort and privacy for private study and rest with communal spaces for socialising and eating together. There will be flexibility built in to accommodate a changing student population, with provision to separate a four-bed ‘house’ for a student family or other use.

It will enable our students to thrive in community and will give them the best possible environment in which to train in theology, ministry and mission.