The money will come from a Levelling Up grant of £20m
The second stage of an £8million facelift for Blackburn’s King George’s Hall is set to be approved by councillors. Blackburn with Darwen Council’s planning committee on Thursday night be asked to give the go ahead for the works to the Grade II listed building, which is East Lancashire’s premier entertainment venue.
If approved the latest planning application would be a major step forward for the complete refurbishment proposals for the hall in the town centre’s Northgate. The money will come from a Levelling Up grant of £20m to Blackburn with Darwen Council from the government. It says: “The proposed developments are in relation to a programme of works regarding the second phase of a programme of repairs and renovations at King Georges Hall, which are intended to bring the building back to the grandeur it held when it was first opened in 1921. The proposed works comprise of a range of external window and door replacements, stonework restoration and repointing to the main hall building.
“The external windows are in a general poor condition with the timber frames showing evidence of decay, and a number of glazing panes are cracked. The works proposed involve the careful removal of decayed or otherwise defective areas of stonework, using handheld tools to form a new sound square base to avoid feather edging.
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