Meeting Rooms Survey

 

Location:  Painswick, Gloucester Road

 

Room name:  Rococo Garden – The Orangery

 

 

1.  Publicly availability: 

Please indicate whether room is generally available for public hire, whether there are any time or other restrictions on its use.

 

Generally not in the evenings.

 

2.  Room size: 

Please indicate floor area and shape, and ceiling height.

 

18m x 6m.  Glazed structure.

 

3.  Appearance: 

Please describe the decorative state of the room (e.g. style and when last decorated).

 

Stark.

 

4.  Lighting: 

Please describe the nature of artificial lighting and its effectiveness.  Please also describe whether darkness can be created during the day e.g. for slide shows etc and its effectiveness.

 

Overhead strip lighting.  Prone to glare when sunny.

Cannot be blacked out.

 

5.  Heating: 

Please describe the room heating arrangements and their effectiveness in cold weather.  Please also comment on any ventilation or air conditioning available and its effectiveness.

 

Very poor.  Cold in winter, hot in summer.

 

6.  Seating and Tables:  

Please describe how many seats are available, and indicate their style (eg wood/foldaway/small/benches/etc) and quality.  And similarly for tables.

 

Round and trestle foldaway tables.  80 stackable chairs.

 

7.  Toilet facilities: 

Please indicate the number of toilets available and their nature

 

2 ladies cubicles.  1 mens urinal & 1 cubicle.  1 disabled toilet.  All shared with Garden visitors.

 


8.  Parking: 

Please indicate what parking arrangements are available

 

Free.  Plentiful.

 

9.  Presentation facilities: 

Please describe what presentation equipment is available.  Presentation facilities include: projectors for slides and/or film and/or computer images, screens, microphones and audio equipment (including for recorded music), staging and special lighting for staging, etc.  Please also indicate its effectiveness, and whether users are allowed to bring and use their own equipment.

 

No equipment available.  Hirers to provide own.

 

10.  Kitchen facilities: 

Please describe what kitchen facilities are available.  Eg crockery / glasses / washing up / fridge & freezer / cooking.

 

Only through associated restaurant.  No self-catering or third party caterers allowed.

 

11.  Bar facilities: 

Please describe what bar facilities are available and any restrictions.

 

As above.

 

12.  Foyer facilities:

Please describe what foyer facilities are available (outside the meeting room itself)

 

None.

 

13.  Storage facilities: 

Please describe what storage facilities are available for users. 

 

Minimal.

 

14.  Disabled access: 

Please describe what disabled access arrangements there are.

 

Level ground.

 

15.  Other facilities:

Please describe any other facilities or features available at the meeting room.  This might include staff on site, sports equipment, entertainments license, picture rails, etc

 

Access to Rococo Garden.

 


16.  Occupancy levels

Please indicate occupancy levels (ie % of time used)

 

 

Week-days

Saturdays

Sundays

Mornings

 

20%

40%

5%

Afternoons

 

20%

40%

5%

Evenings

 

1%

1%

-

 

Above figures are for paid bookings.

When not in use, always open to visitors as an information room.

 

17.  Changes planned:

Please indicate any changes or improvements planned and their status (e.g. wish list, planned but no funding, etc).  Exclude general maintenance.

 

Would like to improve heating and cooling when funds allow.

 

 

Name of person completing pro-forma:   Paul Moir

 

Date:  22 August 2008