The hire charge for the Hall is £10 and for the smaller rooms £5 per morning, afternoon or evening. If you are in business for profit, you may be asked to pay more.
Receptions are by arrangement: we have numbers of bookings for parties for silver or golden weddings and the like. Weddings have to be over by 6 p.m.: experience has sadly shown that revels
into the evening leave a trail of disaster which is not worth the trouble. Neither are we keen on childrens' parties (sticky fingers) nor teenage rave-ups.
You are expected to tidy up after you, to leave the place ready for the next group.
Fees are payable on the day unless special arrangements have been made with the Secretary.
Helpful Hints for the best use of Rectory Cottages.
If you are having a reception, your caterer may find it easiest to bring in food through the back door and prepare it in the back room. Wedding cakes look well on a long table at the side of the Hall under the carved heads in the roof! The front room is useful when set out with chairs around the walls for nattering and you can arrange chairs in the Hall two by two, like compartments in a railway carriage.
It is easier to put out tea in the office than in the kitchen.
If you have a group or society in the Hall which stops for tea, pour the tea on a table in the office and encourage people to circulate from the Hall, in through the passage and out through the stable door and the porch back into the Hall.
Two Conditions
1. As the building is largely made of wood, is highly inflammable and also irreplaceable, smoking and any other naked flame is most strictly prohibited.
2. As there is a flat upstairs, and neighbours nearby, we do not allow loud noises. In general, choirs and orchestras are all right, but amplified music is not.
Disabled Access
Wheelchair users regularly come to meetings here. Access is on one level to all the meeting rooms, but the lavatories are down two steps with an awkward turn.
Car Parking
There are four off-road spaces at the front. There is a large car park on the Green behind the Wilton Hall (signposted 'St Mary's Church Parking', but it is equally for your use).
Please avoid the Church Hall car park next door: they need it for themselves.
In Conclusion
We usually have about 800 bookings each year, and many of our clubs and societies have been coming here for over twenty years. It is a happy place. If you think your club would feel at home in this characterful old building, would you like to come too?
For any
further queries, and for bookings, please ask the Secretary, Karen
Lamb, by phone/fax 01908 644432 or by email at klamb@clara.co.uk
