A once in a generation opportunity to purchase the 'farm' next door

The Farmers Club has a unique opportunity to make an offer to purchase the lease of a significant adjoining part of Whitehall Court including a new, imposing, ground floor entrance exclusive to The Farmers Club. This entrance, with the address One Horse Guards Avenue, is photographed above.

With the new space the Club could create 18 much needed new en-suite bedrooms, taking the total to 70; have a larger dining-room; and utilise the other spacious rooms - with views over the Thames or along Horse Guards Avenue – for functions, meetings, seminars and even conferences. The Club is currently turning away social and business events because space is constrained.

We hope all Members agree that this purchase is an exceptional opportunity to develop the Club in a way which will benefit us and our successors for many years to come and enhance farming's footprint in the heart of Whitehall.

For more details, click on the links to Letters to Members and Journal Article in Further information, below. The Timetable of Progress, also below, will be regularly updated. Chief Executive Stephen Skinner is very pleased to discuss the project with Members when they are in the Club or by telephone. His email is snskinner@thefarmersclub.com and telephone number is 020 7930 3751.

Timetable of Progress

December 2011

Further offer submitted - negotiations ongoing.

October 2011

Offer submitted to the vendor's agent.

Autumn 2011

Westminster City Council indicates that change of use from offices to Club premises is likely to be acceptable, in principle.

Summer and Autumn 2011

A Committee chaired by Chairman of Trustees, Mark Hudson, considers the opportunity to expand the Club, draws up plans and budgets and takes professional advice.

November 2010

Farmers Club becomes aware that the tenants are vacating a part of the building next to the Club - One Horse Guards Avenue.

Further Information

Two page feature about the opportunity in the Winter Issue (November 2011) of the Farmers Club Journal - click here
Letter to Members outlining the opportunity, issued on December 16, 2011 - click here
Floor Plan showing initial ideas on how the enlarged Club might be laid out - click here
Follow the Secretary's comments on progress, on Twitter @thefarmersclub
There will be an information point in the Club, (Shaw Room next to the bar [TBC])
Club Secretary, Stephen Skinner will be very pleased to discuss the opportunity with Members visiting the Club, or on the telephone

Funding

Chairman's Comments

I have to say I am fully supportive of the trustees. It is a great opportunity for the Club. We simply cannot stand still. But we do need to be cognisant of the need for the finances to be absolutely right. Affordability is the key.