The Ballroom Restoration

In December 2020 we received a capital grant from Arts Council England to restore and reopen the Ballroom at Fenton Town Hall as a brand new community arts venue for Stoke-on-Trent!

Fenton Town Hall was converted into Magistrates Courts in the 1960s by The Ministry of Justice. The people of Fenton fought to ensure their Town Hall remained an asset of the local community when it was put up for sale in 2014. Justin Meath Baker (Baker & Co.), the great grandson of William Meath Baker who built the Town Hall, purchased the building in 2015 with a commitment that it continues to serve the community. Fenton Town Hall also houses an amazing community café and a number of creative and social enterprises.

We have worked with local experts to restore and repair the 3,500ft2 Ballroom meaning that this important community asset has reopened for the first time in over 50 years. The Ballroom will be a community arts venue where Restoke and the people of Stoke-on-Trent can dream-up and journey through creative adventures together.

Thanks to additional funding from Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Severn Trent Community Fund we have also installed a lift and an air-source heat pump, using green energy to heat the Ballroom!