Building record 1348200000 - The Irish Club, 1 Station Road

Locally listed. 18th century. Red brick, old and machine tiled roof. L plan, 2 storeys and attic, sashes and casements. Elevation to east has 1 sash in reveal, ground floor, canted bay on left, all with glazing bars (B1).
Shown as the 'Steam Engine Public House' on 1st edition 1:500 scale OS town map of 1875.
The Steam Engine public house was held by the Wheeler family from 1854 (deeds in the County Record Office). Between 1881 and 1898 the building had been extended to the west. The extension appears to have been demolished by the time the current social club building was constructed in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Part of the brick and flint northern wall of the 19th century extension survives as a boundary wall with several bricked-up openings visible. The modern social club is still in use although the former public house appears to be unoccupied (B2).