{"id":3295,"date":"2019-08-01T15:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T15:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2019\/08\/01\/new-look-for-moor-close-lounges-and-chapel\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T15:38:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T15:38:12","slug":"new-look-for-moor-close-lounges-and-chapel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/new-look-for-moor-close-lounges-and-chapel\/","title":{"rendered":"New look for Moor Close Lounges and Chapel"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 August, 2019 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins]<\/p>\n

Moor Close holds a special place in the hearts and memories of Newbold alumni, students, staff and members of the wider College and Church community. Built in 1864-65, it is the oldest building on campus, and it is with pleasure that we announce that, following an extensive planning application process, and with consent from Bracknell Forest Council, areas of the ground floor of Moor Close have now been refreshed and upgraded.<\/p>\n

\"MoorThe changes will provide opportunities for Moor Close to be used more fully by the College and Church and will enable increased interaction with the Church community and the wider local community.<\/p>\n

Heritage planners have been involved in the planning process to ensure that any changes maintain the original character and aesthetics of the building, while creating an environment that will facilitate an increase in the building\u2019s capacity to be used as an event space.<\/p>\n

\"Moor<\/a>The first phase of renovations has now been completed, with The Oak Lounge, The Green Lounge, The Blue Room and The Chapel redecorated and refurnished. The second stage of work will see toilet and hospitality facilities added. Conference-style tables and chairs and audio-visual equipment will also be available for use in the new facilities, increasing Newbold\u2019s ability to offer a more widely usable venue space. Additional parking spaces will be provided to cater for the increase in visitors to Moor Close, as well as for visitors to the campus each week and for large events.<\/p>\n

Newbold\u2019s Principal, Dr John Baildam, says that the newly refurbished facilities will be a valuable enhancement that will provide a better experience for students as well as enabling an increase in the number of guests able to be hosted on campus. \u201cWe are extremely grateful for each and every donation we have received towards this project\u201d, he states.<\/p>\n

\"Moor<\/a>Dr Baildam has also reiterated the College\u2019s commitment to maintain the original period style of the building, much beloved by those who have lived in or frequented its halls. \u201cFor too long alumni have commented that the ground floor of Moor Close looks tired and rather dilapidated, and it was high time that we restored it to its former glory\u201d, he remarks. Under the project management of Brian Davison and interior designer Billie Jordan, the changes have also been overseen and voted on by the Executive Committee of the College\u2019s Board of Governors, working in tandem with the Senior Leadership Team and the Board\u2019s Finance and Facilities Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to hosting and offering enhanced facilities for weddings, family celebrations, spiritual programmes, seminars, workshops, and many more events in the Moor Close Suites for years to come\u201d, says Dr Baildam, \u201cparticularly in terms of our ability to offer more to the local community and to find new ways to connect with those in the College\u2019s local geographic area.\u201d<\/p>\n

The refurbished space will receive its first visitors during the College\u2019s 1980s Reunion this weekend, 2-4 August. An official opening is planned to coincide with the College\u2019s annual Cream Tea on 7 September 2019.<\/p>\n

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1 August, 2019 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins]<\/p>\n

Moor Close holds a special place in the hearts and memories of Newbold alumni, students, staff and members of the wider College and Church community. Built in 1864-65, it is the oldest building on campus, and it is with pleasure that we announce that, following an extensive planning application process, and with consent from Bracknell Forest Council, areas of the ground floor of Moor Close have now been refreshed and upgraded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1577,1588],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-organisational-updates","category-united-kingdom-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}