St Lawrence Village Hall is available for hire to anyone on the Isle of Wight, or further afield.
Although built in the Victorian era, our characterful village hall has modern heating & facilities, and bright & spacious rooms.
DIMENSIONS: circa 9.2m x 6.0m + stage
This spacious and welcoming room has a vaulted ceiling and two windows overlooking the sea and a large side window. There is a large raised stage and the adjacent meeting room can be used as a 'green' room. Folding tables and stacking chairs are available and are included in the hire.
RECOMMENDED MAX CAPACITY
~ Seated (at tables): 40 people ~
~ Seated (chairs only): 60 people ~
~ Standing: 110 people ~
FEATURES
~ Raised Stage (3.25m x 6.0m) ~
~ Ladies / Gents / Accessible toilets ~
~ Outside Caterers Welcome ~
~ Live Bands and Entertainers Welcome ~
~ Heating (included in cost of hire) ~
~ Free WiFi ~
~ Defibrillator located by gate at bottom of path ~
The large kitchen was newly fitted in 2024, with shaker style units and solid wood worktops. The room is spacious with a tall ceiling and large window overlooking the garden at the rear.
FEATURES
~ Refridgerator ~ Microwave ~
~ Kettles ~ Boiling Water Urns ~Toaster ~
~ Electric Oven & Hob ~ Microwave ~
~ Fully equipped cupboards: knives, chopping boards, serving platters etc ~
~ Crockery, cutlery and glassware available for 50-60 ~
~ Hot and cold water ~
~ Separate sinks for food prep and hand washing ~
DIMENSIONS: circa 3.28m x 4.5m
Newly decorated in 2025, the Meeting Room is a bright space with a large side windows and French doors, which is also the fire exit. This leads out onto a brick walkway that goes around the building. This room is well suited to users with mobility issues as it has a step-free access to an accessibility toilet in the hall, and step-free access to the outside.
RECOMMENDED MAX CAPACITY
~ Seated (at tables): 10 people ~
~ Seated (chairs only): 15 people ~
~ Standing: 20 people ~
FEATURES
~ Access into garden ~
~ Same level access to disabled toilet ~
If you hire the hall in its entirety, you can also have access to the small garden to the rear of the building. It is laid to lawn with trees and planting around the perimeter. There is also a wide brick walkway around the building, and wooden benches at the front which overlook the sea. Please note that there are 4 stone steps leading from the brick walkway up into the garden.
The original Victorian water pump can be seen on the western side of the building.
The building has a ladies toilet and a gents toilet and an accessible toilet off the main entrance hall. Outside the ladies are lots of coats hooks, and similar outside the gents. There is also an accessible toilet.
St Lawrence Village Hall is an old building, built in the Victorian era on a sloping site. Access from the road is via a steep but wide sloping tarmac path of approx 30 metres.
ENTRANCE: There are two stone steps into the main entrance of the building, but a portable ramp is available on request. The entrance is double doors which can be opened wide for a wheelchair to access.
MAIN HALL: Once inside the entrance lobby, the main hall, the kitchen, ladies toilets, and gents toilets are on the same level. The doors into the main hall are a little wide than a domestic door.
TOILET: There is an accessible toilet but this is up 3 steps from the main entrance lobby, or there is step-free access to this toilet around the outside of the building and via the small meeting room.
MEETING ROOM: This smaller room is accessed via 3 steps up from the entrance lobby, but there is step-free access directly into the small meeting from outside the building. The accessible toilet is on this same level.
GARDEN: As the hall is on a sloping site, access to the garden at the rear is up four stone steps. However there are wide step-free paved areas around the hall, and two benches at the front with a view overlooking the sea.
