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Top left: General view showing the original tile-roof club house built in 1914 with new extensions on either side. Left: Pool area.

Above: Driveway leading to the main en- trance. Administrative offices on ground floor and bedrooms above.

only to a modern, well-appointed din- ing, drinking and recreational area catering to the golfer and his family.

It was not feasible economically or in practice to build a completely new complex, so the existing buildings had to be modified and added to. For this work a site of 30,000 sq.ft. adjacent to the existing club house was available to accommodate the extensions, a swimming pool,landscaping and drives.

The club's general committee set down three basic requirements as a guide to the architects for the final planning, the first being that while the work was being carried out the club must remain open with as little inc- onvenience to members as possible. Secondly it was stipulated that the swimming pool and its environment should be kept divorced from the golf ing facilities while at the same time it

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was to be within easy access of the ing building has been made by an al- other club accommodation.

Thirdly, the principle of two en trances to the club was to be maintain- ed; one as a main and more formal 'front' entrance and the other a separ- ate access to the 'men only' changing rooms and other facilities. There was also a further request that it should be possible for men members to use the golf club changing rooms before using the swimming pool but that there should be access from these to the pool without passing through or in front of the more formal club lounges.

To accomplish the segregation of activities the building extensions were planned in the form of three rotundas linked together to form a projection from the existing buildings. In this way the extensions screen the new way the extensions screen the new pool and its surrounds from the club lounges and dining room and from the practice putting green.

The new wing connects directly to the bedroom wing at first floor and a connection to the men's changing room at the opposite end of the exist

teration in the plan of the existing men's bedrooms at this level and a new stair joining the two levels of the lock- er rooms.

The old main building of the club dates back to 1914 and has been add- ed to several times over the years. In making the new alterations the archi- tects have attempted to keep the direct extension to the west in sym- pathy with the old facade.

The new wing has however been designed in deliberate contrast, and the planning on the circular theme is intended to reflect the facilities for re- laxation and recreation which it pro- vides.

Mainly however the new improve- ments have been an exercise in in- genuity genuity in modifying the existing structures to allow for the various additions, and in phasing the many changes so that the club could func- tion while the work was in progress.

Work on the existing building has included the provision of new wash basins and toilets in the lower men's

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