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The Broad Street building is currently empty
- Author, Gavin McEwan
- Role, Local Democracy Reporting Service
Plans to redevelop Hereford’s museum and art gallery have taken a step closer to becoming reality after “critical” surveys were approved.
Up to £200,000 has been put aside for work at the Broad Street building, including on ground investigations, a drainage survey, paint, plaster and timber surveys and masonry strength testing.
A principal designer, fire engineer and landscape architect will also be taken on to provide specialist advice.
Work to transform the city’s former library and museum into a “world-class” exhibition and events space can then begin.
Due to open 2025
The funding for the surveys comes from £18.4m earmarked for the project overall, jointly funded by Herefordshire Council, the government’s Stronger Towns Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
In July the council is due to agree the spending necessary “to take the project through construction and delivery”, it has confirmed.
The Hereford Stronger Towns Board, which oversees this and 14 other city improvement projects, said last year that the project was “due to open in 2025”.
The Broad Street building is currently empty following the library’s temporary relocation to Friars Street.
Plans to redevelop Hereford’s museum and art gallery have taken a step closer to becoming reality after “critical” surveys were approved.
Up to £200,000 has been put aside for work at the Broad Street building, including on ground investigations, a drainage survey, paint, plaster and timber surveys and masonry strength testing.
A principal designer, fire engineer and landscape architect will also be taken on to provide specialist advice.
Work to transform the city’s former library and museum into a “world-class” exhibition and events space can then begin.