A NEW coffee shop is opening in a historic building that once formed part of the Norton Barracks. 

The new coffee shop opened at the Worcester Norton Community Hub on Wednesday (November 6).

And it is hoped this 'exciting' move in the building, which has undergone a £1.6million revamp, will benefit members of the community. 

The shop will be open between 10.30am and 1pm every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

It will be serving coffee and cake, and it is hoped when the shop grows a wider selection of drinks and even food may be sold.  

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The shop is open to all and will be dog-friendly. 

It is stationed in the existing Dalloway Bar near the cricket pitch. 

The opening hours have been chosen to benefit members of the new Healthy Hearts exercise and Tai Chi classes. 

The hour-long exercise class will take place from 11.30am every Thursday, while the Tai Chi classes will take place at the same times the following day. 

Facilities manager Ally Job said it was exciting times ahead for the building. 

She added: "This is a brand new facility following a big refurbishment and it is there for the community.

"We want to use our coffee shop as well as our exercise classes to get members of the local community out and about more, especially the elderly members."

The Worcester Norton Community Hub has been created out of the former Sergeants’ Mess, with volunteers spending more than four years working on the project.

The grade II listed building has been revamped to include a large hall, a smaller meeting space, toilets, changing rooms, a café and bar and an outside patio area.

It was once used by soldiers when the barracks were in operation and is run by the Worcester Norton Community Interest Company, which is dedicated to providing a range of community facilities to all.

Major General Mark Armstrong JP, Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire and Gwen Parkin, whose husband, Sgt Gordon Parkin, is one of those remembered in the hub, officially opened the building in September.