Survey Data
Reg No
22303033
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
In Use As
Masonic lodge/hall
Date
1880 - 1885
Coordinates
213705, 189359
Date Recorded
12/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace L-plan three-bay two-storey former Masonic hall, built 1881, partly gable-fronted and having integral carriageway. Flat and pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with limestone date plaque inscribed 1773. Square-headed openings with fixed timber windows and stone sills. Square-headed carriage arch with timber battened double-leaf door. Square-headed doorway with timber panelled door having render brackets, cornice, pediment, replacement timber door with sidelights and with limestone date plaque above.
Appraisal
This former Masonic hall is a modest building with interesting decorative details, including render decoration to the entrance, and date plaques. It offers diversity of form and size to the streetscape and forms part of the social history of the town.