Buildings
The committee were not in a position to build a clubhouse until 1841. The clubhouse was designed in 1842 and completed in 1843 adjoining the 'Watering Pier'. It consisted of a single storey building (from the street side) designed by John Skipton Mulvany Architect with plastered Ionic portico forming a breakfront with two windows on each side. Accommodation at street level consisted of an entrance hall, ballroom, committee room, staircase to the boathouse below and lavatories. A terrace overlooked the harbour. The painted exterior was coloured to look like stone.
In 1843 the Club employed George Papworth Architect to extend the clubhouse on the west side and Mr. Masterson was the builder of the extension which cost £1,500. Papworth's proposal was unique. He built a new portico exactly matching the one which already existed, and formed a colonnade of paired columns linking the two porticos. The entrance was moved west from the portico to this new colonnade. The extension contained a reading room with a bow front facing the harbour. At this time all the small paned windows were replaced with plate glass.
In 1866 Mr. E.T. Owen Architect was appointed to provide an extension to be used as a smoking room on the east side of the building at a cost of £1,316.
In 1919 a fire destroyed all but 4 rooms of the clubhouse. Mr. Bradbury oversaw the rebuildding works and Pemberton & Sons undertook the building works which cost £2,550. In the 2000's Michael Collins Architect provided a copper faced extension on the east side of the clubhouse. It does not extend up to street level and maintains a view of the harbour to those walking past.
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