Latest News! The Planning Application for the new Clubhouse, and the rest of the site development, was granted permission at the June 2009 meeting.  The detailed floor plans are on view at the Club, and further details relating to schedules will be made available as soon as possible.

New Clubhouse Benefits

Our new Clubhouse will bring enormous benefits both to members and the town.  Members get a cleaner purpose-built Club, with lower running costs and fees.  The town will benefit by having a place where people can socialise, centre-of-town housing for people to live, and a completely renovated seventeenth century building which would otherwise slowly fall into dereliction.

Visuals of both the new Clubhouse are on permanent display in the Middle Bar and further diagrams are linked to this description.  Floor plan changes may be made after planning approval, subject to cost and change control.

New Clubhouse Description

Occupying the upper part of our current car park, the new purpose-built Clubhouse will be a 2-storey building on its own freehold land; a floor area of approximately 760sq.m, or so.

The ground footprint will be about 19 metres wide by 20 metres deep.  The old listed wall separating the current garden and car park will be an incorporated feature of the front of the Clubhouse.  To help visualise it on the ground it is roughly the length of that wall plus about 3 metres for the entrance doors.  Car and pedestrian access will be via Conduit Lane.

The Club's ground floor will be used for services and administration, providing easy access to the offices, snooker, some toilets facilities and deliveries.  The main Club facilities will be on the first floor consisting of a bar leading into the function room via large double doors to make an enlarged integrated area for Club functions.  A full glass fronted aspect and terrace will look down into Conduit Lane, automatically publicly promoting the Club.

With its own toilet block and rear stair access the function room can be self contained for private hire so as not to interfere with the running of the Club.  A single bar will benefit customer service and help staffing.

The remainder of the existing Car Park will be developed for residential flats which will have their own underground car park.  The existing house will be completely renovated at a cost exceeding £1million.

Most importantly, it will look like a Club, and our running costs will be lower through an energy efficient building.