It was conceived as one side of a new "Great Quadrangle", and in anticipation of this the building's ends had been left unfinished. However, Holdsworth's full vision was never completed. The idea was revisited several times by later architects, including by architects James Wyatt—whose plans (never realised) included partially demolishing the existing, Medieval quad (the Cloister) and refinishing the neoclassical New Building in a Georgian Gothic style—and John Buckler. In the 19th century, John Nash and Humphrey Repton both submitted designs for new, open quadrangles that incorporated the New Building.
It was conceived as one side of a new "Great Quadrangle" and in anticipation of this the building's ends had been left unfinished However Holdsworth's full vision was never completed The idea was revisited several times by later architects including by architects James Wyatt—whose plans (never realised) included partially demolishing the existing Medieval quad (the Cloister) and refinishing the neoclassical New Building in a Georgian Gothic style—and John Buckler In the 19th century John Nash and Humphrey Repton both submitted designs for new open quadrangles that incorporated the New Building