Development Plans
Our Village Hall is made up of an original 1950's structure with various extensions added over the years and facilities up-graded to offer better surroundings for those people and groups who use the Hall. You might already know that the Hall Committee wishes to modernise the Hall so as to offer more and potentially new facilities to attract a wider audience and thus create a real community asset for all.
The revised proposals indicate a new covered entrance way to the new extension, set back from the face of the building leading into a glazed entrance hall with provision for accessible wc's and staircase leading to mezzanine level over (within roof volume), which could be separated off to provide additional room for rent. Storage below stairs.
Beyond the new entrance hall is the main hall volume footprint matching dimensions of existing hall (without stage), this volume is approx 4m to eaves level with the ceiling following the roof pitch. This space could open out to the area currently as tennis courts as well as the new courtyard space.
At the end of the new hall volume an area (larger than the current stage, & similar to committee room) with a raised (900mm/3ft) floor level has been shown with folding sliding acoustic screen separating this from the main hall, with the intention of being able to hire out this space separate from the main hall (of course consideration will have to be given to each user at any given time given that an acoustic screen such as those used in schools between classrooms is not complete acoustic separation) and also be able to be used as a stage with the screen acting as "curtain". This raised area is accessed via a ramp leading from the new glazed corridor running across the back of the bar area & garden room and linking all areas though to the existing entrance hall committee room and wc's .
The proposal aims to provide separated and distinct spaces that can perform flexibly as individually usable spaces or as a conjoined volume.
The external materials for the main volume are shown as brickwork, with a fibre cement/slate roof, chosen for robustness and durability.
