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| Energy Efficiency Refurbishment Project Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall is the main community centre for the village and commemorates the lives and sacrifice of those villagers who fell in the two World Wars. As the current building approached its 50th Anniversary, the Hall Management Committee aimed to broaden the range of activities it can support and bring it up to modern energy saving standards. This would help sustain its future for another 50 years by increasing usage, controlling running costs, and result in several improvements to the fabric of the building.
This project is now substantially complete and the hall has achieved a Grade 'B' energy performance. This is an outstanding result for a building of this size, age, and type - see the Energy Performance Certificate in the hall documentation section. Photo Gallery of the Refurbishment Project  View a photographic record showing the changes to the hall, both inside and out, during this extensive refurbishment
Initial Planned Work Schedule
There was some slippage on these planned timings during refurbishment but all was completed by July 2014 at which time the opening of the Hampsthwaite Feast and Show was deemed an appropriate time to mark the official opening of the hall after refurbishment. See Feast 2014 brochure and the press release below which appeared in the Harrogate Advertiser on 31st July 2014 Official opening of the Memorial Hall after refurbishment - press release
Feast Saturday in Hampsthwaite marked the official opening of the Memorial Hall following its extensive refurbishment works to improve energy efficiency. The project included a new roof with integrated solar panels, insulation to modern standards, LED lighting, a new zone controlled energy efficient heating system plus some improvements to its car park and general environs. The hall was also completely redecorated, now has broadband internet and boasts a fully functioning digital cinema with rear projection and dimmable cinema lighting.
The improvements were made possible as a result of major grant funding from Waste Recycling Environmental (WREN) plus additional support from Awards for All, the Knabs Ridge Community Fund, plus several local businesses and individual donors. A plaque to commemorate the achievement and acknowledge all who contributed was unveiled by Mrs Jennifer Thompson and Mrs Muriel Illingworth - the daughters of Mr. Ernest Atkinson and Mr Ralph Robinson who in 1952, and then again in 1966, did so much to establish Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall as we see it today. Amongst the sponsors listed are Sir James Aykroyd Bt., whose father Sir Cecil Aykroyd Bt. made available the land on which the hall stands, and Northern Energy Ltd, the M.D. of which is Howard Illingworth, grandson of Ralph Robinson, who initiated the idea of having a Memorial Hall in 1952. Aims of the refurbishment The project was designed in order to ensure future sustainability of this essential community building as it approached its 50th Anniversary by: 1. Substantially reducing the overall running costs by energy saving and generation by –
2. Broadening the range of activities that can take place there by –
3. Undertaking a general refurbishment of the premises and its environs –
Sponsorship and support This major refurbishment project would not have been possible without the grant funding awarded by the following bodies:
We are indebted also to the following local businesses, groups and individuals for their sponsorship:
Programme of works The main contractor chosen for this work was local company Barclay Electrical & Solar and the Hampsthwaite based contractor Hollins Construction was chosen to complete the re-tiling of the roof. Energy Efficiency Refurbishment Project Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall is the main community centre for the village and commemorates the lives and sacrifice of those villagers who fell in the two World Wars. As the current building approached its 50th Anniversary, the Hall Management Committee aimed to broaden the range of activities it can support and bring it up to modern energy saving standards. This would help sustain its future for another 50 years by increasing usage, controlling running costs, and result in several improvements to the fabric of the building.
This project is now substantially complete and the hall has achieved a Grade 'B' energy performance. This is an outstanding result for a building of this size, age, and type - see the Energy Performance Certificate in the hall documentation section. |
