The clubhouse building at the Brentham Club, Meadvale Road, Brentham Garden Suburb, Ealing, west London, England, UK. Brentham Garden Suburb, built between 1901 and 1915, was Britain's first planned garden suburb was built on a co-partnership basis and was the inspiration for the later more famous Hampstead Garden Suburb. The Brentham Club, originally called the Institute, was built as a community centre for the surrounding housing development with paying fields for sports such as cricket, football, bowls and tennis, indoor pursuits like snooker and classes in crafts and skills like needlework and cookery. The architect was George Lister Sutcliffe and clubhouse and surrounding suburb is in the Edwardian, vernacular, Arts and Crafts style. It opened in 1911. Associated with the club are sportsmen Fred Perry, cricket player Mike Brearley and footballer Peter Crouch (who lived in the same road and played football and tennis at the Club). The circular green plaque was unveiled on 16 June 2011 (the club's centenary) commemorates Fred Perry's association with the Brentham. Frederick John Perry, the last British male tennis player to win a Grand Slam, moved to Ealing aged 9. The plaque indicates he played and trained at the club between 1919 and 1935. Perry won Wimbledon in 1934, 1935 and 1936.
