The Minstrels Gallery Restaurant The Priory Club And Squash Courts

The Minstrels Gallery Restaurant, The Priory Club and Squash Courts is a restaurant, club, and squash courts that was originally a conventual chapel built between 1887 and 1888 by Edward Goldie. It served as the chapel for the Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel and has been converted with minimal alterations in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick and features a slate roof for the nave and chancel, with tiled roofs for the aisles. It consists of five bays and has a central octagonal cupola topped with a weathervane. The end gables are adorned with stone bands and cross-shaped saddlestones.

The nave and chancel are distinguished by large windows with elaborate tracery, while the aisles are supported by flying buttresses and feature Tudor arches with 15 pane "Chinoiserie" type metal cames. The west front includes an image niche. Internally, the space has been divided vertically, with squash courts located below and a restaurant above, accessed via a false floor. The west door is framed by a stone four-centred archway, with carvings of loaves and fishes in the spandrels. Inside, there is a cinquefoil-headed stoup and a boarded roof with a modified post and windbrace type structure, featuring quadripartite crown posts and angel corbels. The east end displays a fresco of Christ in Majesty. A former carved wooden reredos has been relocated to the east corner of the north wall to serve as a wine display unit, showcasing elaborate painted panels depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac and other biblical scenes. The building also contains a fine series of stained glass windows. Attached to the main structure is the former convent accommodation, which is now used as offices but is not of special interest.