Hitchin Town Hall

Grade II listed building with 'Wrenaissance' influence Neo-Georgian front range, and Arts and Crafts style hall

Plagued by '3.5 sec reverb times' since 1901, the local authority recognised that improving acoustics would improve sales, and it has...

To gain the support of a lay committee, we produced a full acoustic report employing CATT 3D modelling. This formed a 'level playing field' on which tenders were based. Rossco Acoustics then won the commission based on aesthetics, price and speed of delivery.

Before the works you could not understand the spoken word, banqueting was a cacophony and live music was just a mess.

Now the staff get nothing but praise for the improvements, the public feel that their money has been well spent and it maintains a lively event calendar.