Description

BUXTON

SK0573NE WATER STREET
616-1/3/86 (North side)
The Old Club House

GV II

Marked on OS map as Union Club.
Club house, now public house. 1886. Coursed rock-faced
millstone grit with ashlar dressings and Lakeland slate roof
with ornate terracotta ridge tiles, square louvred vent and
stone stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Chamfered plinth, moulded first-floor
band, sill band and moulded eaves. Water Street front has
irregular 7-window front. Slightly projecting 2-storey wing to
centre has coped gable with band, kneelers and cross finial,
to right doorway with double panel doors and overlight and to
left 3-light cross casement, both openings segment headed with
Tudor hoodmoulds. To left 2 pairs of plain sashes in similar
surrounds. To right a single plain sash in similar surround
then 2-storey canted bay window with 4 plain sashes in similar
surrounds topped with battlements. Above to left gable wing
has 2 pairs of plain sashes, and to left again 4 plain sashes.
St John's Street front, single storey plus attic, has gabled
projection to left with central pointed arch doorway with
moulded surround flanked by single windows in similar
surrounds. Above chamfered band and pair of plain sashes in
moulded, pointed arch surrounds and a blind quatrefoil above.
The gable has coping, kneelers and cross finial. To left plain
sash and above gabled dormer window.
To right off-centre doorway in moulded surround with pair of
plain sashes to left and single plain sash to right, above
another gabled dormer window.
INTERIOR: though refurbished retains good quality original
bars and fittings, including stained glass and fireplaces with
ornate mirror overmantels.

Listing NGR: SK0565573527

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Old Club House official website
• Wikidata Q26549148

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Recommended Books

• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings