The attic space of RI Hall is accessed from the second floor of the building from an old wooden staircase behind the right hand cupboard door at the top of the main staircase. It is hidden away, but not locked away, and there is nothing stopping people from going up into the space. The attic is clearly in disuse, with the last traces of activity from 1995, as indicated by the newspapers. The objects in the attic are eclectic, and are of varied ages. The only recorded use of this space appears in the Encylopedia Brunoniana, where it states that "at the beginning of the century...the osteological collection was placed in the attic, where the professors had to climb whenever bones were needed in the classroom".

View of steps with second floor cupboard door open
View up the steps
View back down to inside of cupboard door
Interior lintel
Debris in right corners of steps
Debris and cobwebs in left corners of steps
Sweet wrapper at top of steps
View of the attic space from top of steps (facing north)
View into the inaccessible area with stacked chairs
Missing plank in east wall
Close up of north side with basin
North-east corner with exposed layer of wall
Floor clutter in north-east corner
Grate and missing planks on north wall
East upper wall
Exit to roof
View of attic looking south
Bracket on west wall
Chest and heater on west side
Glass roof panes
Underside of wood planks
Paint can under the exit to the roof
Debris and newspapers by foot of chair
Close up of newspaper showing date
Age stain on newspapers on the pile of glass panes
Stack of glass panes
Wall fixture in corner above staircase
View down staircase
Plastic bucket at top of stairs
Underside of glass roof
Stain on west wall
Plastic and aluminium guttering on east side of the space
Missing plank in the floor
Loose planks above staircase
Clutter at the bottom of the staircase

photolog- spring 2008
26th February- 4th March

Encyclopedia Brunoniana entry for RI Hall- a short history