The Pavilion Plans Part 6 – The Grey Room

This is the sixth in my series of articles about the plans for the Pavilion. The room I’m talking about was known as the “The Quiet Room” in the time of the nightclub. We are working with the name “The Grey Room” in memory of Phil Grey, who ran the Pavilion in its heyday.We have considered a number of considerations for this room: • The room should be available for local use. • Additionally it should be available for certain events in the Pavilion. • There should therefore be a separate entrance for the local use. • It should primarily be simple in structure and organisation. • Could it be opened early?With the separate staircase it should be easy to separate the Grey Room from the rest of the building. The fire doors at the top of the stairs can be used to separate this room from and other activities going on in the Pavilion. There is an area beside the Grey Room that could be used as storage and the room can therefore be used for a range of activities beyond just meetings. As a result there could be a fairly wide range of activities from sports to meetings of the Parish Council. There will also be a door onto a patio we are creating above the storage space (more about this later). When there is an event that wants to spill out onto this it will be available. We can therefore cater for receptions and private parties in this room. When there is a Theatre night, the Grey Room would be used in the interval for drinks. When there are Table Top Sales or Exhibitions, this room can be added to the space available. Gregor