Refurbishment Photos - Bat & Ball Station

Refurbishment Photos 2018

Refurbishment images taken by Sevenoaks Camera Club.

Bat & Ball Station prior to refurbishment 2018. Building boarded up for 30 years.

18th June - Exterior hoardings erected. Information boards put in place.

Week 1 - ceilings come down and images of roof void

Week 2 - Joinery survey - internal windows and doors

Week 3 - work starts on platform toilet building

Week 4 - Removing plaster and exposing brickwork and fire places

Week 5 - removing trees from external brickwork

Week 6 - Platform side hoarding goes up with larger interepretation boards

Week 7 - Changes to spaces which will become kitchen and internal toilets

Week 8 - Brickwork restoration talk

Week 9 - Plasterwork repairs continue.

Week 10 - Getting window and door frames ready for renovation

Week 11 - External brickwork and woodwork restoration including paint removal

Week 12 - Time capsule and hard hat tour

Week 13 - Electric installation

Week 14 - Wood restoration talk

Week 15 - Plastering ceilings, tiling and plumping for toilets.

Week 16 - window restoration continues with new glass and painted frames

Week 17 - Restored windows waiting to go in, new wiring and toilet fittings

Week 18 - plastering, plasterboard and victorian fire surround fitted

Week 19 - Tiling the roof of the external toilet block

Week 20 - The old ticket office being transformed into the Cafe

Week 21 - Hard Hat Tour 2. New green and cream painted walls, doors and windows.

Friday 2nd November - Working through the night.

Week 22 - Installing a flue down the chimney from the roof

Week 23 - Kitchen and toilet fittings being installed

Week 24 - Final touches

Week 25 - Preview event- 27th November

Week 26 - connecting utilities

Week 27- New gates and external brick restoration

Memorabilia and inside the refurbished station

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