Cloister

About this template

Cloister is a free members' club website template for an independent private members' club or social club: a city social club, a creative work-and-dine club, or a small town-house club with a bar, a dining room, a members' workroom, rooms and events.

The club's own house book

Every section is a bound-book spread, with a running head, a folio number and a centre gutter, and the home page opens with a book that gently leafs, with a Pause control. Exclusivity comes from restraint, typography and material (ecru paper, racing green, oxblood and gilt, set in Fraunces), never from hiding the content.

It runs the whole club

How to join: apply or be nominated, then the committee and the waiting list.

Membership categories, with plain sample fees you simply edit.

House rules and dress code.

The spaces: a CMS collection for every room, with photos and capacities.

What's on: members' events as public teasers (a second CMS collection).

Reciprocal clubs: a calm gazetteer of like-minded houses.

Private hire for members, with an enquiry form.

What's included

A first screen with what the club is and where, an "Apply for membership" form, an "Enquire about private hire" link and the waiting-list status.

Built for the Basic plan: 2 CMS collections (Events + Spaces), under 30 pages, application, hire and contact forms, and a nav with a mobile drawer.

Desktop, tablet and phone layouts. Reduced motion is respected, and nothing is hidden behind animation.

A step-by-step Go-live guide (remix → customise → your own domain).

All sample content is fictional (no real club, members, press or awards), so you can publish it and edit at your own pace.