Westwood Conservative Club, Chadderton Road, Oldham

A somewhat nondescript building of brick with slate roof at the corner of Chadderton Road and Eleanor Street. Lacking any architectural pretentions, it was almost indistinguishable from the surrounding terraced housing. Winston Churchill frequented Westwood's Conservative club and orated there during his period as Member of Parliament for Oldham.The club is believed to have closed in the 1960s. In 1999 new owners took over the building and converted it into an Indian Restaurant. Subsequently rebuilt as Westwood House.

Archive        Building plan of Westwood Conservative Club. Plan Number: 5943. 1884.  Oldham Local Studies and Archives

Mr. John Wild, a leading Conservative of Oldham and a magistrate, has met w:th a serious accident. Mr. Wild, who is an architect, was looking over the Westwood Conservative Club premises, which are new, and in going into the cellar, be fell, breaking his leg. [Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser 10 January 1885 page 7 – General News]