Description

OLDHAM

SD9204NE UNION STREET
780-1/6/86 (North side)
23/01/73 Union Club
(Formerly Listed as:
UNION STREET
(North side)
Masonic Hall)

GV II

Club, formerly Masonic Hall. c1880 with rear wing of 1924.
Rusticated rubble, coursed and squared in small blocks. Welsh
slate roof. 2 storeys raised over basement, 6-window range,
asymmetrically planned in Greek revival style. Entrance in
advanced bay towards the left, up steps in portico with fluted
Doric columns and triglyph frieze. Paired doors with heavy
raised panels. The frieze line of the portico is continued
across the facade as a plain string course. Tall casement
windows in ashlar architraves with moulded aprons below
architraves. Shouldered architraves to first floor openings,
but all but two of these are blind. Pediment over advanced
entrance and right-hand bays, triglyph frieze at eaves level,
and overhanging cornice. Later rear range of brick with stone
dressings. 2 storeys and attic. Polished granite entrance to
left with narrow stair windows over. Heavy rusticated
voussoirs to high first floor windows. Dated in cornice over
second storey, "AD MCMXXIV".

Listing NGR: SD9281004921

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497357

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)