The Old Club House

The Old Club House, marked on the OS map as Union Club, is a public house located in Buxton. It was built in 1886 and features coursed rock-faced millstone grit with ashlar dressings and a Lakeland slate roof adorned with ornate terracotta ridge tiles, a square louvred vent, and stone stacks.

The building is two storeys high and has a chamfered plinth, a moulded first-floor band, a sill band, and moulded eaves. The front facing Water Street has an irregular seven-window arrangement. In the centre, a slightly projecting two-storey wing has a coped gable with a band, kneelers, and a cross finial. To the right, there is a doorway with double panel doors and an overlight, while to the left is a three-light cross casement, both with segment-headed openings and Tudor hoodmoulds. To the left, there are two pairs of plain sashes in similar surrounds, and to the right, a single plain sash in a similar surround leads to a two-storey canted bay window with four plain sashes, also in similar surrounds, topped with battlements. Above, the left gable wing has two pairs of plain sashes, and to the left again, there are four plain sashes.

The St John's Street front is a single storey plus attic and features a gabled projection to the left with a central pointed arch doorway that has a moulded surround, flanked by single windows in similar surrounds. Above this is a chamfered band and a pair of plain sashes in moulded, pointed arch surrounds, with a blind quatrefoil above. The gable has coping, kneelers, and a cross finial. To the left is a plain sash, with a gabled dormer window above. To the right, there is an off-centre doorway in a moulded surround, with a pair of plain sashes to the left and a single plain sash to the right, above which is another gabled dormer window.

Inside, although refurbished, the building retains good quality original bars and fittings, including stained glass and fireplaces with ornate mirror overmantels.