The Main Hall (or Mission Room)

(opened December 1912) has a new hatch at site of mediaeval window to new kitchen.

Redecorated Jan 2012 with new heating, lighting, hatch to kitchen         

Conservation points:

(7.2m x 6.4m) Good size meeting room with wood block floor, electric points, false ceiling.

Original character retained.

Refurbished block floor with skirting board and dado.

Historic back wall retained.

Fireplace retained

1990s false ceiling to be replaced with new acoustic system. 

The hall awaits completion of refurbishment  

Cost £10,000 to complete with upper redecoration, double glazing and new false ceiling containing audio visual equipment

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Steps and passage to new kitchen   Completed May 2011

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Steps replaced

Old fire pits reburied.

Door to old school room replaced by new door to new kitchen.

End window replaced by temporary doorway prior to corridor being lengthened  to reach new office and toilets

Corridor extension to toilets - Cost £18,000

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New kitchen was formerly the old school room and before that the Rectory coach house.    Completed May 2011.

(4.9m x 3.4m) Brick floor, fire place, door to stable passage

Slab floor and ancient filled-in cellar under inspection cover.

Ceiling beam exposed.

New windows, fitted units and cupboards etc.  Hatch through to main hall.  Door to stables  blocked off.

As it was - the old school room, and before then a coach house.Originally it may have been a firebreak space between two Tudor houses.

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The new Office (Completed May 2011) was the old kitchen

(2.8m x 2.8m) Small with low ceiling beam

Wooden ceiling beam and joists above retained

inspection panel for old slab floor below left intact.

As it was - the old kitchen

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 The new toilets (Completed June 2010) are in the old stables.

Gentlemen                                         Ladies

Disabled toilet uses old horse door      New entrance door

(4.5m x 4.5m) Half height wood partitions with doors and other stabling features.

Wooden partition and internal doors retained.  New match-boarded internal walls. Old door becomes entrance to disabled toilet. 

Full use of the disabled toilet awaits completion of the ramped access and courtyard area.

Formerly the Rectory stable

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 The disabled toilet (May 2011), accessed through the old horse door, and Office store now occupy the former horse access way and former stairs.

(L shape: 2.3m x 1.8m and 3m x 1.0m) Brick arch to Old Rectory sideway, wood ladder/stairs

Chamfered brick horse arch retained and filled with bricks.

Beam through from kitchen retained.

Old stairs area become stores through from new office.

New disabled toilet accessed from stable door.

New stairs in passage way to outer door. 

As it was

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The passageway will provide a graded access to the new toilets.

When re-graded it will be the ramped access to the toilets

Cost £8,000.