Welcombe Village Hall
VILLAGE
HALL REFURBISHMENT (as at June 2010)
Building Improvements. The new roof is now complete, together with slate cladding
of the south facing gable end and the scaffolding has been taken away. Steve
Ham and son Tom have moved on to forming the new external window and door
positions, which are about 95% finished at the time of writing. They have
also constructed the low retaining wall on the north frontage, which allows
the levels to be lowered against the building. Once these items are complete,
Steve will remove the eastern section of wall between the hall and the skittle
alley and cover the concrete floor in the alley with a timber surface. The
door/window supplier will be coming to do a final measure soon, so that the
materials can be ordered and installed in 3-4 weeks time.
External Works. The groundworks contractor started on the frontage kerbing and pavement on 17th May and has already completed the frontage pavement plus lowering of the levels between the road and the building. It proved necessary to take up the existing concrete surface in order to achieve acceptable gradients and the whole area will be surfaced with tarmac, once the paving next to the hall is laid. The other external works, including the new septic tank and car park extension, are due to start in early June.
Electrical Upgrade. Western Power has removed the large junction box on the frontage of the building, together with the overhead wire. Service boxes have been installed at the south east corner of the building, with a direct connection to the incoming supply at the adjacent timber pole. The supply then runs through the roof space to the new store room where the main supply terminals are located. Ian Downing has just commenced this and other electrical work, which includes complete internal re-wiring and new heating.
Temporary Hall Closure. Please remember that, due to the refurbishment, the hall will be closed and therefore not available for hire until Friday 16th July.
Temporary Play Area Closure. As the external works are due to take place around the play area with the use of heavy plant and machinery, this will now be closed until 16th July.
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
(Help make your village hall a better place)
Final Finishes.
In order to make the current phase 1 refurbishment affordable, it was agreed
at the outset that the cleaning, painting, seeding and stone walling would
be undertaken by volunteers from our community. As a start, the village hall
committee has arranged a Volunteer
Morning on Saturday 12th June from 09.30 to 12.30 with refreshments provided.
It is clear from the current state of the works that the hall will require complete repainting both inside and out after a thorough clean up. There will also be a need for seeding and some stone walling, once the groundworks contractor has finished. We will be arranging other volunteer times during the latter part of June and all of July and will be asking everyone what are the best times for them. The exact tasks on the day are dependent on progress by the various contractors over the next three weeks. If you need any further information or cannot come on the day but would like to help on other occasions, please contact Keith on or 331732.
ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
8pm WEDNESDAY 16th June at the Old Smithy Inn
The annual general
meeting of the village hall committee will be held in the Forge Bar at the
pub this year, due to the current refurbishment works at the hall. Our thanks
go to the new owners Richard and Jenny for helping us out. Please do come
along and contribute to the discussions. All residents over the age of 18
are entitled to vote on AGM motions.
Click here to view the Welcombe Village Hall Business Plan
Planning
Consent. Planning permission has just been received for the refurbishment
of the existing hall (phase 1) and the later extension to the west (phase
2).
Click here to download to
Download Plan1 (Adobe PDF)
Click
here to download Plan 2 (Adobe PDF)
Click
here to download Plan 3 (Adobe PDF)
The separate Building
Regulations approval is expected shortly.
Village
Hall
To hire the village
hall, contact
on 01288 331796
Next Village Hall
Committee Meeting :
The opening of the village hall in 1983.
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