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SEWARD ROOM

 

The Seward Room provides a large heated meeting room with comfortable seating, which is served by a splendid kitchen and toilets. It has wheel chair access and is an excellent facility for St. Mary’s, for the local and indeed the larger community.  It remains a popular venue and the number of bookings has increased this year. Happily, income is back up to previous levels.

 

The Seward Room is a venue and meeting place for the P.C.C., Deanery meetings, the Bell Ringers, the very popular Post Office complete with tea and a chat on Friday afternoons and many St. Mary’s church based events.  These, although not bringing in any income, are on the increase and provide a wonderful support for the church and the community.

 

The range of events has increased:  we are delighted to welcome back the Lion & Unicorn Players as a rehearsal venue for their coming Spring Production;  Buriton Tennis Club ladies have become regular users for entertaining the visiting teams;  and the number of ‘external’ general bookings is increasing - ‘Away Days’, ‘Quiet Days’, ‘Training Days’, school visits and concerts. We have a lot of return visits, particularly from the Portsmouth area, who so enjoy coming to our lovely village and find the Seward Room ideally suited to their purposes. There are two concerts already booked for the coming year. We also look forward to a repeat of the Cream Teas for Charity in the summer and other events supporting our link with Ghana.

 

As an excellent venue in an idyllic setting, and being very reasonably priced, we look forward to welcoming an ever increasing number of new friends to the Seward Room. Please telephone 01730 260366 or email rosecottage18@hotmail.com for your future bookings.