Old Church Rooms Renovation and Extension

A Community Improvement Project

R&MCC is delighted to announce that it is moving ahead with exciting plans to renovate and extend the Old Church Rooms (OCR) in Park Road. This has been made possible through a generous grant from the Aggregate Levy Fund Wales of £130,500 with contributions from the RMA, R&MCC and the balance funded through a loan.

The OCR is managed and maintained by a joint committee of RMA and R&MCC members and this has been a successful arrangement for over 25 years. We have been working together closely on the plans for the building with the aim of bringing it up to 21st century standards and expanding it to provide a new meeting space and a new glass entrance with room to get out of the rain. We will also refit the kitchen to commercial standards and upgrade the lavatories and the heating and lighting systems which will be more energy efficient. The old police room will be demolished opening up space for the new entrance and restoring the Victorian double entry from the building’s old school days. An extension, making the building L shaped, will include the new meeting space and new storage room.

Some of the internal works to the existing building will be done over the school summer holiday so that Park Road Nursery can reopen in September. Use of the building will be severely restricted during that time. The extension and other works will follow and we hope to have most of the existing building back in working order as soon as possible.

The works will take some 20 weeks from the start of August and the OCR car park will be closed for the entire time. We apologise for any inconvenience that that will cause. If you have any questions or want to see the drawings please contact Helena Fox on 20842213 or clerk@radyr.org.uk.