The opening date of a new community hall in a village just south of Norwich has been delayed by a month due to "near-constant" rain.

Hold-ups on the work on Stoke Holy Cross Pavilion Hall has pushed the opening of the site to September.  

Sue Hull, a Stoke Holy Cross parish councillor, said: "We had hoped to open the hall by the middle of August but it's now looking as though it will be about the middle of September.

Plans for a new hall were first put forward in 2014Plans for a new hall were first put forward in 2014 (Image: Stoke Holy Cross Parish Council/Chaplin Farrant)

"This isn't what we want, but we have no control over the weather as you can imagine."

Sue added: "By July the roof should be finished with a covering of photo voltaic cells and the black cladding on the walls will have transformed the outer appearance of the new hall.

"Most of the work from then will be fitting out and transforming the inside of the hall, and the outside areas, into a wonderful space for the village to use after its completion and opening in the autumn.

"We can only hope the weather doesn't go downhill again."

Work on the centre began in February after the former centre was demolished to make way for the £1m multi-purpose venue.

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It was first proposed in 2014 to accommodate the village's growing population and will be used as an event space and to home the area's preschool once completed.

The former hall was demolished to make way for the new buildingThe former hall was demolished to make way for the new building (Image: Supplied)

The hall, which will include a meeting room, a kitchen and toilets, has been funded in part by South Norfolk Council's co-investment fund as well as community infrastructure payments made to the authority - money that developers have to pay as part of the conditions in place to allow new housing schemes to go ahead.

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A temporary modular building has been installed in the car park to provide a community space while the new hall is constructed.

Work started in FebruaryWork started in February (Image: Sue Hull)