Constititional Club

The Constitutional Club is a three-storey building with a nearly symmetrical main block that is angled across the corner. It features a three-bay and three-window arrangement with classical detailing. Flanking the main block are two-storey ranges, which have a three-bay and two-bay configuration facing High Street and a three-bay, two-bay, and two-bay layout on Canon Street. The building is topped with slate roofs that have tiled cresting.

A striking feature of the design is the steeply pitched French chateau style roof at the center, which is adorned with an ironwork crown and has an elaborate acanthus-derived panelled band at the base. Each three-bay section is highlighted by advanced pilaster strips that rise from the ground floor entablature, while the ground floor itself is accentuated with full pilasters featuring detailed ornamentation.

The main part of the building has a deep parapet that was originally stone balustraded and included a clock in a pediment form. The second floor has moulded architraves, and the first floor is supported by scrolled brackets and lion's head carved brackets that carry a segmental cornice, leading to 'detached' pediments. The central first-floor window above the entrance is tripartite and features scrolled detail beneath the pediment, along with a lettered panel above; this window appears to have once had a balcony.

Ground floor openings are semi-circular headed, and there are similarly arched recesses with fluted keystones above the labels. An impost band with studded ornament runs along the lower parts of the fluted and panelled pilasters that flank modern panelled central doors; the original doors were set further back, as seen in the right-hand entrance, which is now partly blocked. All windows have been replaced with modern top-hung casements.

The ground floor entablature extends across the first three-window sections of the lower side ranges, which have similar windows but lack pediments. The round arched openings below include three on High Street and two on Canon Street, the latter of which have been altered to create 'Deckers'. The two bays beyond this on Canon Street feature modern shop fronts, while the equivalent section on High Street has a door and window. The rear of the building has a lower hipped section with tall round arches reminiscent of a chapel.

The building holds group value within its context.