Looking in awe at the first posting on this blog, it occurred to me that this was all well and good, but what actually are they doing with £600k.
Well, you get surprisingly little for your money, especially when you are having to follow very specific requirements to repair a architecturally significant roof that is leaking like a sieve but here you go!
This will provide the money to repair and restore the outside of the Hall. The roof will be re-slated and re-leaded; any other structural repairs to the roof will be undertaken; structural cracks in the foundations will be repaired; the masonry and windows will be renovated, guttering replaced; the supporting beam over the stage will be rectified, bringing the stage back into use; the frontage of the Hall will be renewed, including removing the small wall to make access easier. The whole will result in a building with a long life span, wind and water tight.
The exterior of the Hall will look newly refurbished rather than ‘tired and neglected’. The front will be resurfaced and be open to the pavement.
The whole project will take approximately 10 months, but at no stage will the Hall be closed, though for set periods parts of the Hall nearest to the Stage and sections of the front canopy will be closed off for safety reasons.
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| The Main Hall Facing The Stage |
Completely separate from this will be a project to refurb the kitchen that is key to many events-not least the world famous Moffat Saturday Coffee Mornings.
Martin-a Trustee
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