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Centre of Pendeen, Church Road, Pendeen, TR19 7SE Tel/fax: 01736 786776 Email: info@centreofpendeen.co.uk
Registered Charity No. 1081351

A Bit of History
Green Technologies

 

A Bit of History

The land occupied by the Centre of Pendeen was given under trusteeship to the Parish of Pendeen by Lydia Harris Borlase & Caroline Anne Borlase for the purposes of a Parish Institute.

Originally known asThe Pendeen Men's Institute, the Pendeen Parish Members Institute was opened in 1931.

Constructed of mass concrete with a corrugated asbestos roof, it re-placed a timber and corrugated iron building. It contained a snooker table, reading room, library, kitchen and utility room and, until recent times, was only open to males over the age of 16.

Over time, the Institute became run down until, in 1996, it was decided to extend and refurbish the building. Plans were drawn up and passed but it was not until 1999 that proposals were put forward to extend the Institute even further, making it a place that all the people of Pendeen, could enjoy.

The old pool room extension was demolished and the floor level of the main building was lowered, giving enough height to place two snooker tables in the roof space. A much larger extension was built incorporating kitchen facilities and gents, ladies and wheelchair-accessible WCs. This has created an L shaped room of approximately 150 sq m (1600 sq feet) or three smaller rooms, if moveable dividers are used.

Green Technologies

Heating for the Centre comes from a Ground Source Heat Pump, using the Earth's natural warmth. Photovoltaic (PV) panels generate the electricity to drive the heat pump. The Centre uses a rainwater harvesting system which recycles water to feed the toilets. These three technologies combine to make this a very energy efficient community building.