West Sussex based interior design consultants Rory Cashin Design were asked to redesign Farnham Golf Club’s existing function room, bar-lounge and toilet areas and to create a luxurious and contemporary interior. Major structural work was undertaken to open up the bar-lounge spaces and the project was fully completed in early January 2025.
The design’s colour palette of olive greens, gold and tan reflects the club’s location in the heart of the Surrey countryside. Floor finishes are a mixture of bespoke carpet, porcelain tiles and luxury timber effect vinyl. The redesigned lounge-bar areas include soft seating, leather banquettes and dining tables whilst the new bar features a sweeping composite stone topped front counter with ribbed tan leather clad front panelling and a back bar bottle display.
The Art Deco inspired restaurant includes a built-in food servery unit, ribbed leather banquette seating and a large bespoke mirror; above this, a new central ceiling raft with radiused corners and concealed lighting features a large round fabric and acrylic drum light (illustrated).
A rectangular fabric pendant on brass rods hangs above the food servery whilst in the bar-lounge, the lighting includes a mid-century style satin brass chandelier and perforated metal wall and ceiling lights.
Custom pale green ‘Crittall’ style metal windows and bi-fold doors add a retro look, as does the stylish Italian furniture throughout the public areas with chairs, stools and sofas upholstered in various fabrics and leather, paired with oak topped dining tables and coffee tables with stone tops. Framed photos, new honours boards and a meeting room complete the scheme.
Rory Cashin told GBN: “I was approached by the club in mid-2022 to produce a concept design package for the redesign of the clubhouse bar, lounge and function room spaces with the brief to create a contemporary ’country club’ interior fit for the future.
“Working with an architect’s master plan (which included building an extension to the lounge-bar area), an initial concept design package of plans, visuals, sample boards and budget costings was produced.
“Following a review, an alternative design concept was created, excluding the extension and using a revised teal blue and warm grey colour scheme. This second design was implemented but using the original colourways.
“The completed interior has an Art Deco Moderne feel, particularly the restaurant which replaced the former function room. We worked with the client’s team throughout 2024 to realise the scheme.”
Key Suppliers were:
- Bespoke carpet: Newhey Carpets Ltd
- Floor tiles: Solus Ceramics (tiles from Italy)
- Custom metal framed windows and bi-fold doors: Jennyfields
- Furniture supplier: Protocol Furniture (note: all furnture apart from table tops sourced from two Italian manufacturers: Tirolo (all chairs, stools and sofas) and Pedrali (table bases)
- Decorative and custom lighting: Chelsom, Heathfield & Co, Astro Lighting and R&S Robertson