Revitalising a much loved local venue
Oakman Inns reopened this beautiful, listed bar and hotel after a refurbishment by CIC. Previously called “The Inn at Woburn” we were appointed to carry out a two phased refurbishment programme.
The first phase, to get the site open and trading again, included a refurbishment of the bar and trade areas and the creation of space outdoors to socialise. The works included internal decoration, new feature lighting, relocation of electrical services to new bar area and new vinyl flooring.
After completing phase 1 works, we were invited back by Oakman Inns to undertake phase 2, which included the Tavistock Bar refurbishment and an extension to create an “open plan kitchen” format restaurant.
In the Tavistock Bar, after an extensive strip out, we installed a brand-new straight run bar, back bar, and server, decorated throughout, laid the new wooden parquet flooring and installed new lighting to transform this popular bar ahead of the Christmas rush.
The building of an extension to create an open kitchen format along with the total refurbishment of the dining and bar areas had its challenges, but working together with our client Oakman Inns & Restaurants Ltd team we've created a great destination venue.
The new extension for the kitchen entailed managing and working closely with the catering equipment suppliers to install all the new equipment along with a pizza oven, whilst overseeing the installation of the required extraction and air con systems.
Timescale: 12 weeks (across 2 phases)
Value: £570k (across 2 phases)
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