South Shields, Fowler Street, No. 27, Masonic Hall

HER Number:
8075

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Fowler Street, No. 27, Masonic Hall

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Meeting Hall

Site Type: Specific:
Freemasons Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
1862-63. Red brick, with stone dressings. Two storeys and 4 bays. A simple classical design. The ground floor now contains an altered late C19 shop front but the original rusticated 3 centred arch to a passage-way in the southern bay still exists. The first floor has quoins and the windows are framed by moulded architraves and straight pediments supported on scrolled brackets. The elevation is crowned by a cornice and balustrade. The central portion of the balustrade is a solid panel. The 4 pedestals are decorated with masonic symbols. This was the first purposely built masonic hall in South Shields. Demolished. Was listed grade 2.

Easting:
3647

Northing:
6721

Grid Reference:
NZ36476721

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/4; http://southshieldsfreemasons.co.uk