The use of the premises was temporarily
secured by the Methodist Church in 1899 who, in 1904, with its earlier
debt cleared, bought the lease of the property together with the
adjoining land. It was then that it was renamed the Victoria Hall.
Soon several other rooms were built on, serving as a kitchen, church
parlour, classroom and club room.
In 1915 the Red Cross were given free use of
the Victoria Hall as a military hospital for the duration of the
war. During this period a Minor Hall and a kitchen were added. The
Hall was reopened for the Sunday School on Easter Sunday 1919.
A major refurbishment of the premises was completed
in 1994: This included the rebuilding of the Minor Hall, kitchen,
foyer and toilets together with improvements to the main hall, and
the provision of showers and disabled toilet facilities. |