Neil Gibson came to Beech on April 2 to show off the beautiful Ridgeback South African wines he helps to import. A select few guests were given the history of the vineyard and Neil’s connection to them, along with explanations of the various bottles for tasting. We started with a delicious ... Read more
Beech Village Celebration Ball: tickets available
Finally, it’s happening . . . The Beech Village Celebration Ball! Come join the fun and celebrate the end of lockdown at Beech Village Hall. The ball will be on Saturday 02 October, from 6.30pm – 11.30pm. Enjoy a welcome drink and a gorgeous 4-course dinner, and then dance the night away to the ... Read more
The inshedibles!
Alongside the Wellhouse project we (mainly Dan!) having been running a project to reorganise our storage. You might have noticed the Marquee has been parked on the village green for the last few months... this is because our builders have been 'reconfiguring' our old storage area called the ... Read more
Floored!
I have learnt far too much about the process of flooring over the last few weeks... simply put we have been delayed due to it taking longer than anyone imagined for our floor to dry out despite the full range of heating, dehumidifiers and fans being applied.... But TODAY was different, today we ... Read more
Doors…
We now have our new door to the Wellhouse installed with a new 'smartlock': The new oak front door looks darker than we had intended but this is due to the 'tratment' required for warranty and we expect this will mellow. We have all our internal doors fitted and they have shiny new ... Read more
Painting…
Painting is almost finished... this is our new look cloakroom... it is missing some minor things, like a sink but they are in plan... And this is the new entrance area, Brad is working on the units to be installed in the cloakroom and the kitchenette: And this is our main room... The only ... Read more
Fitting
We almost have a new front door.... well we have the frame in... and next week we well get the door and add the new smart lock: We have POWER! And now we juggling multiple 'trades'... we have started painting and the heating team are in installing the air source heat pump - And 'most' ... Read more
Beech Village Hall Chair’s Report 2024-25
The Chair's Annual Report for the year to June 30, 2025 was accepted at the Annual General Meeting on October 17. In summary, ... Our community hub makes great strides During 2024-25, our village community hub has continued its transformation by delivering a record amount of social, culture and ... Read more
Plastered and drying out….
Thursday 16th October and our plasterers have completed the internal skim coat.... Now we have to wait for the screed and the plaster to dry.... We have also completed the detail design work on the kitchenette ... and cloakroom sink: Next week is 'second fitting'... electrics, plumbing, skirting ... Read more
Colour
Time to decide on paint colours.... we reviewed a range of palettes with our potential users and settled on a small number to test... many thanks to Jo Kirk who advised us on potential options and combinations and to Jo Curtis who painted our walls with test samples.... we have homed in on Wattle V ... Read more
Underfloor heating
Things are warming up now we have our underfloor heating pipework installed... The pipeworks covers all of the annexe from the entrance area into the cloakroom and main room: This picture from the main room out into the reception area highlights the difference in lighting now we have the ... Read more
Roofmore
Our roof has now been re-felted... and you can now see the raised area where we will install a new skylight for the entrance area: And the pitched roof to the rear has also been refelted along with new ridge tiles... We still have 2 items to finish on the roofing: Guttering Installation of ... Read more