WOOOLWICH OLD TOWN HALL AND OLD LIBRARY, POLYTECHNIC STREET, WOOLWICH, SE18
Listed building consent is sought for works to the Grade 11 Listed Old Town Hall and Old Library:- Internal works to remove modern partitions on the ground floor of the Old Town Hall. - Internal works to introduce new partitions/rooms on the ground floor of the Old Town Hall for use as studios/office space. - Internal works to introduce reversible and not full height partitions for use as studios/office space on the first floor of the Old Town Hall and on the ground floor and first floor of the Old Library. - Limited internal works in the basement of the Old Library to rearrange plant areas and provide additional usable space. - Partial retention of existing servicing infrastructure with new services provided to serve new and re-configured areas. - External works including; a new lift shaft within the rear yard of the Old Town Hall to serve all floors of the Old Town Hall and the Old Library, works to the former soup kitchen to improve ventilation daylighting and the connection to the adjacent street (Bathway), re-landscaping of the rear yard area of the Old Town Hall to remove concrete slabs and improve bio-diversity, a bridge structure between the east and west wings of the Old Library at first floor to allow for fire escape and improve accessibility.