Building Behind Queen Annes Walk (Over 60'S Club)

This building, located behind Queen Anne's Walk, was originally public baths established in 1859, later converted into a Masonic Hall in 1868, and is now used as a club. The structure is attached to the northwest side of Queen Anne's Walk and features Flemish bond brick construction. The southwest elevation was originally rendered, while the northeast elevation, facing The Strand, is cement-rendered and designed to match the scale of Queen Anne's Walk.

The building is roughly rectangular, consisting of two parallel halls, with a roof running on a northwest/southeast axis, divided by an entrance passage that leads to offices on the northeast side. The main entrance is from Queen Anne's Walk, leading into the passage between the halls and offices, with an additional entrance to the offices from The Strand.

It is a single-storey structure with an asymmetrical five-bay northeast elevation that aligns with the cornice and parapet of Queen Anne's Walk. The center three bays project forward and are accented with chamfered, rusticated pilasters. The windows feature Gibbs surrounds and segmental heads with triple keyblocks, while the doorway is located in the right-hand of the center bays, with 20th-century timber windows.

On the southwest side, which faces the river, there are six bays divided by pilasters, each containing round-headed recesses with keyblocks. The two outer bays have 20th-century timber windows. The exposed brickwork shows heavy repairs, and some of the original brick, particularly on the northwest return, may date back to before the Victorian era. There are also two 20th-century timber windows facing Queen Anne's Walk.

Inside, the building contains two attractive late Victorian or Edwardian halls. The southwest hall features walls divided by giant engaged columns, a large cornice, and a coved, ribbed ceiling. The end bays have square wall pillars with a coffered ceiling, a round-headed niche at the northwest end, and a flat ceiling at the southeast end. The northeast hall has a circa 1900 three-bay roof with a flat ceiling above A-frame trusses supported by moulded corbels, and an Adam-style frieze above a moulded picture rail.