Rural Arts have been successful in obtaining funding from Yorkshire Forward, Arts Council of England, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire County Council and North Yorkshire Learning Consortium to enable this third and final stage of redevelopment of the Old Courthouse to be undertaken.
Redevelopment of the Courthouse
includes:
Reception
Linking the restored Courtroom and the adjoining Clerks House and providing a box office facility, open exhibition space and refreshment / bar area.
Lift
Improved accessibility by linking the reception area to the new first floor facilities.
Offices
The existing rooms on the first floor have been restored and improved.
Media studio
A
new dedicated ICT training room on the first floor with 11 iMac computers, server and creative software, Sennheiser DJ headphones and an Epson Aculaser printer. The studio is available for classes in new film, audio and photographic technologies.
Studio
A new first floor studio suitable for creative master classes, seminars, music rehearsals, with capacity for 24 students.
Craft workshop
Refurbished ground floor studio for glass and clay work with capacity for 12 students.
Storage room
Refurbished ground floor craft storage space with kiln facilities and a preparation area.
Kitchen
A
new facility on the ground floor, for refreshments and food preparation.
Disabled toilets
Two new facilities on the ground and first floors.
If you would like to hire any of the newly refurbished rooms in the future, or the Old Courthouse venue please contact: janice@ruralarts.org
