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The Gymnasium is part of Ravensdowne Barracks. Built in the early 18th century to the design of the distinguished architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, the Barracks was among the first in England to be purpose built.
Thank you to English Heritage for allowing us the use of their spaces for exhibition venues.
A large open-plan gallery space within the heritage building, the Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks. This gallery hosts exhibitions and local creative projects. This venue is step-free and it has an accessible toilet in an outhouse building within the Barracks. Volunteers will be available during opening hours and guide dogs are warmly welcomed.
The entrance door is accessed only via the footpath through a non-automated gate on Parade. Once through the gate, the venue is on the right, via the footpath and up an incline. The venue is through the double doors.
Room Description: A large open-plan gallery with white walls, a tall white ceiling, white ceiling beams and dark wooden floor. There will be a big screen on the far end of the room and it will be dark.
Doorways: There are two doorways, the main entrance and a side doorway to the courtyard where the outhouse toilet are. Both are step-free wide double doors. All doors in this venue are non-automated.
Seating: Hard benches.
Temperature: Unheated and quite cold.
There are two gendered toilets and one accessible toilet in the courtyard in an outhouse building, accessible through the venue’s side double doors. The accessible toilet is a widened toilet with grab bars and lowered features and a non-automated door with push bar inside.
Lighting: Dark with most light coming from the open door and projection.
Flooring: Dark wooden floorboards with some white and yellow painted gym hall lines.
Sound: Ambient echoey sound.
Patterns: The wooden floorboards with contrasting painted gym hall lines. The ceiling structure, beams and light rig create a criss cross of geometric patterns although with little contrast as they are mostly white and silver. Outside in the courtyard the floor stones create a grid pattern.
Smell: Woody musty old buildings scent
There is no food and drink available at this venue.
Emergency Evacuation is out of either of the double doors at the main entrance or side entrance to the grass outside. Both are step-free.
The Gymnasium Gallery, The Barracks, 18 Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1DF
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