Conservative Club Bradford Buildings Mawdsley Street Bolton

On Thursday week a new Conservative Club, in Mawdsley Street, Bolton, was inaugurated. The edifice is in the Venetian Gothic style and forms part of a large block named the Bradford Buildings. The length of the entire facade is 100 feet, the club itself having a frontage of 42 feet, and a roof quite distinct from and higher than the roofs of the adjoining offices. The club contains, on the ground floor, a reading room 30 feet square and 14 feet 6 inches high, a private writing room, and a spacious lavatory. On the first floor is a dining room 40 feet by 30 feet, and 15 feet high, fitted with walnut furniture in the mediaeval style by Messrs Young and Glover of Wolverhampton. On this floor there is also a serving room, pay-office, committee room etc. On the second floor is a billiard room of the same area as the dining room, while adjacent to it are smoking and card rooms. The kitchen is in the basement, and is fitted with large cooking range and other appliances by Messrs Marsden and Company, of Bolton. The office portion of the buildings contains about 48 rooms, approached by a grand staircase two stories high. The entire structure has been built of Bolton pressed bricks with stone dressings. The architect is Mr George Woodhouse of Bolton; and the contractor has been Mr Joseph Marsden. The cost has been ,7,000, exclusive of the furniture of the building, which has cost £3,000.

Reference    Manchester Guardian Saturday 22 May 1869 Page 1(Contracts)
Reference    Manchester Guardian Tuesday 25 May 1869 Page 1(Contracts)
Reference    Building News 4 November 1870 Page 339