Westbury Conservative Club (Ferndale House)

WESTBURY ALFRED STREET 1. 5411 (North-East Side) Westbury Conservative Club (Ferndale House). (Formerly listed as Westbury Constitutional Club) ST 8751 NW 3/1 29.12.50.

II* GV

1. Early C18 altered. 2 storeys and attic. Brick, recently rendered, on stone plinth with chamfered capping. Vertical angle stone strips, bonded into side walls. Stone string at 1st floor level. Plain stone band replaces stone frieze and moulded cornice. Hipped roof, stone front slopes and dormers replaced by treble Roman tiles, old stone tiles retained at rear. 2 brick chimneys with dormer gable ends from roof. Sides and back of building stone. 2 Palladian windows, stone cills and piers supporting entablature to side lights, one pane wide, and architrave head with keystone to centre light, 3 panes wide, with pointed arched glazing pattern. Central single-arched window, with similar glazing, on 1st floor. 2 similar Palladian windows on ground floor and central half glazed door, 2 bottom panels, early C19, in plain stone surround, with flat stone hood on curved stone brackets. Central hall with good contemporary stair, turned balusters and moulded handrail (now obscured for fire precautions). Lower wing at back with one 3-light casement. Remainder irregular. Across front rendered brick wall with flat stone coping and 2 small square stone central gate piers with moulded and weathered caps. Fine early C19 wrought iron work mentioned in previous list now destroyed. Former 2 storey stable block and ostlers' quarters to left, gable end to road. Painted front with 1/4 hipped pantile roof.

Listing NGR: ST8753251429