N.C.B. Club

The N.C.B. Club is a building constructed from Pennant stone with details in Forest of Dean ashlar. It features an artificial half-hipped slate roof and is designed in a Gothic style. The main two-storey block is symmetrical and seven bays long, with three alternate bays that have dormer gables. The building has a plinth and a moulded ashlar frieze at the eaves level, supported by shallow brackets. The central bay includes a Gothic arched doorway, which has a moulded ashlar arch resting on short red granite shafts with leaf capitals. The doorway is fitted with 20th-century doors and a plain overlight. The spandrels of the arch are filled with red ashlar or painted stucco chequerwork, featuring small patterned tiles. Above the door, there is a shallow balcony supported by elongated stone consoles, with an ashlar balustrade that includes small open arches.

On either side of the entrance, there are three four-light mullion and transom windows with plain glazing. The first floor features outer windows arranged in triplets, consisting of large nine-light mullion and transom windows below the dormer gables, flanked by narrow three-light windows. These windows are supported by shallow piers on short corbels, with ashlar tympanae that each contain an inset roundel. The gabled central nine-light mullion and transom window has arched lights and ashlar tympanae with three roundels. The gables are topped with moulded stone copings.

To the left, there is a block in a simple Tudor style, which may be a slightly later addition but is depicted in a view from 1900. This block has a concrete tiled roof and is constructed similarly to the main block. It has a three-bay elevation of two storeys, with the centre bay being angled and gabled, featuring a wide pedimented eight-light mullion and transom window on each floor. The right bay has a narrow window on each floor, with brick jambs and stone lintels. The left bay includes three similar windows on the first floor and a similar window on the ground floor to the right, with a door to the left. The door is topped with an ashlar pediment and has a small light to the right. All glazing is from the 20th century. The building was not inspected at the time of the survey in June 1999.