A MAJOR revamp could be on the cards for Soham's Walter Gidney Pavilion.
Tenders have been sent out to four local architects whose applications will be considered by Soham Town Council and members of Soham Community Facilities Working Party within the next three months.
The chosen company will be responsible for drawin
g up plans and designs for how the recreation ground building should be revamped.
David Giles, town clerk, said the plans followed a community facilities audit earlier this year, which found Soham was in desperate need of a large community hall.
"We are expecting that there will be some major work being done but, until the architects report back with their suggestions, the council has an open mind," he said.
One of the ideas which councillors have brainstormed for the pavilion, a function room used by local groups and home to Soham Town Council, includes putting a second floor back on to the building.
Other suggestions have included having stage facilities and a bar.
Once designs have been finalised, the council will apply for grants.
Coun Julie Webb said the architects would need to by sympathetic to the age of the pavilion, which had a second floor until the late 1920s.
"We have spoken about the top being put back on," she said. "We are looking at how the pavilion can be improved and made more user-friendly.
"It is quite an exciting project."
Researchers Celia Dickinson and Gill Robinson were employed by the town council to carry out the three-month audit to find out how facilities could be improved.
They discovered that more than 100 residents felt there were a number of older buildings in the town which needed improving and modernising.
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