The Parish Rooms have been in the community for over a hundred and twenty nine years and although the community is diverse and scattered throughout Iscoyd and Whitewell, the Parish Rooms are an important central meeting place. The Parish Rooms were built in 1887 and enlarged in 1898 by public subscription though documentary evidence of public subscription is not available. Similar in detail and cl
early conceived as a pair with the Rectory and coach house, the style of both buildings is strongly reminiscent of John Douglas, the Chester architect who worked extensively in the area, although no direct evidence linking him with these buildings is known. Up to 2007 the Parish Rooms were used as a church hall that was available to hire by other organizations. Any revenue raised was directed to meeting the daily running costs only, and was not sufficient for repairs or maintenance for which there was no formalized management policy. In 2008 the Parish Rooms Committee was formed with delegated powers from the landlord, St. Mary's PCC, which are set out in the Parish Rooms Constitution. As authorized, the Parish Rooms became a self-supporting facility for all the community, no longer dependent upon finance from St. Mary's Church, Whitewell for its business operation and running costs
The purpose of the Parish Rooms Committee is to operate the Rooms as a financially self-supporting facility for all, as defined in the constitution, no longer dependent upon support from St Mary's Church except as above with respect to the fabric of the building. The Rooms are hired out to the community at the discretion of the committee at agreed rates. The fees will be used to meet the cost of running the rooms and for repairs and maintenance (other than structural). The rooms are located in the centre of the village/parish of Whitewell, but are in easy access of Iscoyd, Tybroughton, Higher Wych, Lower Wych, Kiln Green and Redbrook that have no community facilities and are attended by residents of all of them.
