The book is open for the spring intake.
Thornmere
An independent members’ club in the old quarter — a house to work in by day and dine in by night.
FOREWORD
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One house, run for the people in it.
Thornmere is a small members’ club in a Georgian town house at No. 9 Calder Row, a few minutes from the station.
It opened in 2021. It is not a chain, a hotel or a co-working brand. It is one house, and it means to stay that size.
Come to work in the morning. Stay for dinner. The kettle is always on.
WHERE
No. 9 Calder Row, the old quarter
HOURS
Members’ house: Mon–Sat, 8am until late
Dining: lunch 12–3, dinner from 6
Closed Sundays
HOW TO JOIN
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Three steps, no theatre.
01
Apply, or be nominated by a current member.
02
The membership committee meets each month to consider applications.
03
If the house is full your application joins the waiting list; you’ll hear either way.
MEMBERSHIP
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Four ways to belong.
One house, a few ways in. Fees are yearly, and plainly stated.
Full membership
$1,800 / year
Full use of the house, the dining room and the bar; bring up to three guests; priority for members’ events and private hire.
$400 joining fee
Under 30
$900 / year
For members under thirty. Everything in Full membership at half the annual fee.
no joining fee
Out of town
$1,100 / year
For members who live more than 50 miles away. Full use of the house on visits, and the bedrooms at members’ rates.
$400 joining fee
Weekday desk
$1,200 / year
The members’ workroom on weekdays, with the bar and lunch. A quiet way to belong for people who mostly come to work.
no joining fee
THE SPACES
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A bar, a dining room, and rooms to think in.
Six rooms across one house: a place to talk, a place to eat, a place to work, and the quietest room in the building.
The Long Bar
The Dining Room
The Workroom
WHAT’S ON
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Evenings worth staying for.
A long table, a life-drawing class, a talk, a market, late jazz, and the supper that marks the spring intake.
The Long Table
5 December · The Dining Room
Winter Life Drawing
11 December · The Garden Room
A Talk: On Making Things
18 December · The Reading Room
The Makers’ Market
17 January · The Long Bar
THE HOUSE
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A short set of rules, kept to good sense.
Smart, but yours. Phones on silent. The Reading Room is for quiet. What’s said in the house stays in the house.
RECIPROCAL CLUBS
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A welcome in other houses.
Thornmere members are welcome at a small number of like-minded houses, at home and overseas, on production of a member’s card.
The Fennwick
the north
Salt House
the coast
The Printworks
the capital
Marrow & Vine
the west
The Vellum Rooms
the university town
PRIVATE HIRE
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The Garden Room is yours to borrow.
Members may hire the Garden Room, and occasionally the Dining Room, for private dinners and gatherings. Tell us a little and the House Secretary will be in touch.
