Skipton Town Hall
Public Sector | Listed Buildings
Bermar Team
Client: Craven District Council
Project Value: £3,080,000
Project Details
This historic building was constructed in 1862 and is Grade II listed. It is located in the centre of Skipton and houses the administration offices for the town and the Craven Museum.
Planning of the project required careful consideration to minimise disturbance to the Town Hall’s occupants and to maintain public safety in a busy town centre.
Restoration, alteration and extension of the Grade II listed Town Hall provided a multi-function main hall, museum and support facilities, offices, education room, changing rooms and offered stair and lift vertical circulation over two main floor levels, ground to first floor.
Refurbishment and alterations work also included the restoration of the fabric of the building, internal and external alterations. With a new build two-storey extension to the east and new services installations.
A separate contractor undertook the museum fit-out and we as the Main Contractor liaised closely with them throughout the project.
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The works consisted of replacing and upgrading Leeds Town Hall roof, as well as removing, repairing, restoring, and reinstating many parts from the existing roof.
The scope of works involved careful removal of all the existing slates from the roofs, setting aside all undamaged and sound slates for reuse. Reinstalling set aside slates and new slates on freshly treated timber slate battens, breathable membrane, and breathable insulation.
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New walkways were installed to allow safe access to the access hatches in the windows of Victoria Hall, and new guardrails were installed across windows where the existing walkways passed them. The rotten timber gantry platform was replaced with a new galvanised gantry platform to match the existing walkway system. Specialised cleaning of the bird guano and replacement of the bird control netting to the clock tower and ventilation stacks.
Repair, restoration and refurbishment of the windows to the Victoria Hall. Works included redecoration, glazing repairs, new access hatches and the installation of secondary glazing to improve the acoustic insulation of the hall.
Removal of organic growth from the internal side of the parapet wall and any high-level areas where accessible from the scaffolding. This included patch repairs to the pointing in a suitable lime mortar. Careful removal of redundant corroded metal fixings from the stone, where accessible from the scaffolding. Upgrading the existing lightning protection system to the whole building.
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