Ucheldre’s laburnum arch is coming into beautiful bloom.

As you see from the image it remains undamaged by all the building works!

 Update for week ending 24 May 2024

Featuring this week the 2 Qs – Hannah Croft, Quantity Surveyor (QS) for Grosvenor Construction Ltd, and Oliver Erskine, our QS contracted from Greenwood Projects.  Both key to ensuring we come in within budget.  Another week of good progress with the extension coming on well.  An impressive patchwork of timber framing forming the new changing rooms and WCs for the extension.  Thanks as ever to our funders for making this possible, UK Government Levelling up Fund with match funding from Arts Council of Wales and Community Facilities Programme.

 Update for week ending 17 May 2024

Good progress has been made again.

This week we feature Paul Brown, Electrician of AER Cymru, contractors for the electrical installation, and currently working on the wiring for the new WCs and Gallery space.

With the copper trough having been fitted to the Tower, one last opportunity to view the rear development before the scaffolding comes down.  The walls to the compound have been primed and the Art Classes are pondering how they will decorate them.  We continue to programme as much as we can, but our WCs are limited to two unisex ones (with no disabled facility) although one Dressing Room has been made available for baby changing.  Thanks as ever to our funders for making this possible, UK Government Levelling up Fund with match funding from Arts Council of Wales and Community Facilities Programme.

(Paul Brown  Aer Cymru  Electrician)

 update for week ending 26 April 2024

The shape of things to come! The cladding walls are going up in the new Green Room extension, and store/workshop.  Site Operative, Mike Hatch, below, is working in the Box Office which we have given up in order to accelerate work in there.  The wall has been demolished and the windows will be blocked in.  In the final stage there will be a clear line of sight from the new Box Office into the Gallery.  The Box Office is temporarily relocated just inside the Café doorway.  Remedial work continues on the Tower box gutter, but the new flat roof has stopped water leaking into the Aisles.  Hopefully, the line of plastic containers to catch the rainwater will mellow into Ucheldre folklore.  Good progress is being made on the new WCs including the Changing Place but in the meanwhile we are restricted to 2 WCs and no disabled lavatory.  We continue to seek your forbearance with the ongoing works.  Entry remains from the carpark to the side door – previously the Stage Door; this will be the new way in once all the work is completed.  Access will be through a relocated shop and Box Office.  Once again many thanks to the UK Government Levelling Up Fund with match funding from the Arts Council of Wales and Community Facilities Programme.

(Mike Hatch)