Plan of Ministry of Works Standard Hut c1950

The plan shows construction details for assembling a Ministry of Works Standard Hut 24ft Span. (Foundation Plan and Details Scale 1/4" to 1"). It forms part of a collection of material concerning the building of Hook Village Hall, Lydiard Tregoze.

The concrete framed Ministry of Works huts were a cost effective solution to many post-war building projects. The Committee of the Hook Village Hall Fund had already built the vestibule and cloakrooms of the building we know today in anticipation of erecting a 'permanent hall' but in 1950 the National Council of Social Service rejected that proposal and instead offered their Standard Hut for an annual rental of £13.

The Hook committee accepted a tender of £1,168.17s.7d from Mr F. Perry of Cricklade to build the hut but Mr Perry proved a slow contractor and was eventually dismissed. In January 1952 Smith & Hope were brought in to complete the building which was officially opened later that year on August 12th.

(Ref. Minute Books of Village Hall Fund Committee of Hook, Greatfield and Greenhill, March 1944 - June 1955).