Completion Phase and Other Recent Improvements ...

The photos below show the building works during the Completion Phase of improvements to our village hall.

We have now demolished the rooms at the back of the main hall (the old toilets and dilapidated storage rooms) and then created a larger storage space; a new meeting space; and a larger entrance way with its own lobby. Greater flexibility of use is now enabled by full height folding partitions between the main hall, the lobby, and the new meeting space. This will give users the opportunity to hire space appropriate to their needs and will enable two groups of users at the same time.

Scroll down to see additional, recent improvements.

Enthusiastic volunteers demolish the original side entrance:

The old toilets and dilapidated storage rooms are demolished:

Foundations are poured:

Construction of new walls begins:

The old hall wall is removed:

New roof timbers are put in place:

The new entrance nears completion:

The new meeting room begins to take shape:

A new hatchway is cut through to the kitchen:

The new south entrance and meeting room extension are completed:

The completed meeting room and main hall with full height folding doors so that the space can be opened up:

More of the completed works can be seen here.

New LED lights and acoustic baffles have now been installed. The latter have eliminated the problems with echo and background noise arising from the vaulted ceiling.

Solar panels and battery storage have now been installed, courtesy of an Allia Green Impact Grant, with installation by CSC Energy. We expect these panels will halve our energy costs over a year, helping us to keep our costs down.