The joint Church/Parish Meeting group “Friends of Burgh Schoolroom” (FOBS) applied in February,2009, for planning permission to extend the old schoolroom beside the church to make it into a proper community resource with disabled access, toilet facilities and kitchen.  This was granted in October, 2009.  The next stage of plans has been approved and the work has now been put out to tender, a builder has been selected and, now that we have detailed quotations, grants will be sought.  We have gained Scheduled Ancient Monument permission for work on this site and been granted a Faculty from the Diocesan Advisory Council for those parts of the project that lie within the churchyard.  We have obtained Grants from SCDC, the Wood Trust and the Andrew Lloyd Webber foundation's Architectural Heritage Fund.   It is hoped that work will start very soon, waether permitting.

The extension will just fit in the space between the schoolroom and the neighbouring field and will replace the rundown, unused yard and outside ‘elsan’ privy.

The only obvious change from the roadside will be the addition of a roof above the existing wall of the yard.














The proposed (tiny!) kitchen and unisex toilet with disabled access and facilities will use the area of the existing yard and chemical toilet.


















The development plans to:

• be in sympathy with the existing building with a slate roof and flint clad wall
• meet the needs of the whole community with access over a firm slope (no steps) and a toilet for the disabled