St Mary’s Cavendish, Toilet extension
06/10/2006
Various proposals for the provision of toilet facilities at St Mary’s Church Cavendish had been considered and abandoned since the 1970’s, however with the receipt of a generous legacy and the obvious need for a toilet facilities helped focus the efforts on finally achieving this project.
Having considered the various options available the best solution was to construct an extension on the north side o the building opposite the south porch. This would enable the church to have a small lobby to the north door, with disabled access from the outside, and the provision of a disability toilet facility. This extension was designed to be constructed using traditional materials and based on traditional details, with some modern interpretation, to form an elegant little extension. The walls were constructed with flint panelling set within line stone quoining. Internally the walls were plastered using a lime plaster; this has been left unpainted as the wall finish, giving a light, warm cream colour.
Due to the concern about disturbing historically important remains buried in the vicinity of the proposed extension, it was required that minimal excavations were carried out, it was decided that the least invasive method of forming the foundations would be to use using mini piles with a thin reinforced concrete slab.
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