Winter 2013: Garden Room and Quiet Room begin to take shape

Chris Edwards, our meeting house manager, had continued to record the progress of the work. Here are a few more of his photos.

In November and December 2013, before the Christmas break, with the footings now in place, the builders began work on the first walls for the two hexagonal rooms.

Scaffolding in place round the garden room

The garden room begins to take shape

The footprint of the garden room and the lift tower take shape

Inside the garden room walls

In December a problem was identified: a wooden support beam at the corner of the main meeting room was judged to be unsound. Its removal and additional building work would be needed. It was decided how to tackle this and the work was carried out.

The wooden beam at the corner of the first floor main meeting room.

The corner of the meeting room after the removal of the beam

 In December, the ground floor walls were completed and work on the first floor hexagonal room – the Quiet Room could begin.

The ground floor room reaches its full height.

View from the library along the site of the new corridor to the Quiet Room

Work on the first floor begins.

View from the Quiet Room area back to the library, where the linking corridor will be built.