Newstead Abbey plans upgrade to visitor toilet facilities

Summarised from Nottinghamshire Live's report · Updated 11 Oct, 18:00 · Archive

Newstead Abbey is seeking permission to convert a 1860s building into expanded visitor toilet facilities.

Newstead Abbey has submitted an application to Gedling Borough Council to convert a building dating to the 1860s into a new expanded visitor toilet facility. The building currently houses the bin store, mess room and ancillary room. The works will also include remodelling of visitor toilets built in the 1980s and improvements to aid those with disabilities.

Existing accessible facilities do not comply with current recommendations because the ramp leading to the accessible toilets is too steep, according to planning documents. The poor condition and limitation of visitor toilets is described as a key limiting factor in the site's scoring by organisations such as Visit England. The project is funded by Nottingham City Council and the Arts Council MEND. Proposed changes to the 1860 part of the buildings are limited due to its Grade I heritage status, but work on internal fixtures dating from after 1926 is more extensive to accommodate the new facilities.

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• 'Overdue' Newstead Abbey revamp plans emerge in bid to boost visitor facilitiesThe plans outline the conversion of a building dating to the 1860s into a “new expanded visitor toilet facility”Nottinghamshire Live · 11 Oct, 11:08

In this story: Newstead Abbey · Gedling Borough Council · Nottingham City Council · Arts Council MEND · Visit England

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