Survey Data
Reg No
32304008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Clubhouse
In Use As
Clubhouse
Date
1890 - 1895
Coordinates
163214, 339962
Date Recorded
01/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached multiple-bay single-storey rendered golf clubhouse, built 1894. Two contiguous east-west ranges, twelve-bay front range (south) fronted by verandah, central four-bay gabled attic, flanked by gablets on verandah roof, extensive single- and two-storey extensions c. 2004 to north. Pitched slate roofs, red clay ridge tiles, painted roughcast corbelled chimneystack, painted timber bargeboards, finials, moulded cast-iron gutters to verandah. Painted roughcast walling, painted timber strapwork to gables. Square-headed window openings, flush sills, painted timber transomed and mullioned casement windows with three panes to lower lights. Square-headed window opening to attic, painted timber flanking pilasters carrying moulded cornice on corbels, semi-circular fanlight over. Stained glass leaded-lights with club emblem in gablets. Segmental-headed openings to verandah, painted square timber posts with fluted corbels carrying roof beam, two bays to either end infilled with painted timber five-pane fixed lights over vertically-sheeted panels, painted timber open balustrade, steps to entrance openings below gablets. Square-headed door openings within verandah, painted timber double doors each with ten-pane upper panel over single panel, plain-glazed overlight. Set in golf course grounds, overlooking Rosses Point.
Appraisal
Although subjugated by extensions much larger than the original, this golf club clubhouse still retains something of its original late-Victorian feel. Timbered gables, open verandah and stained glass all speak of the atmosphere of opulence and exclusivity intended by the membership.