Royal Birkdale's 1935 clubhouse is an Art Deco building. Its streamlined design belongs to the interwar architectural movement known for geometric forms, clean lines, symmetry and modern materials, making it notably different from the traditional revival styles often associated with historic golf clubs.
Birkdale Golf Club moved to its present site in Birkdale Hills in 1894. The club later commissioned the distinctive clubhouse, completed in 1935, several decades before it received the “Royal” designation in 1951. The building remains one of the club's most recognizable features.
The answer is sometimes confused with Tudor Revival or Gothic Revival because many British sporting institutions use those historic-looking styles. Royal Birkdale's clubhouse instead reflects the optimism and modernity of the 1930s. The club itself is much older than the building: it was founded in 1889 and became an important championship venue after the Second World War.