Masonic Hall including former Sunday School is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1999. Church, masonic hall.

Masonic Hall including former Sunday School

WRENN ID
third-panel-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1999
Type
Church, masonic hall
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Masonic Hall, which includes a former Sunday School, was originally built as the United Methodist Free Church between 1878 and 1879 by architects Maxwell and Tuke. It was extended in 1900 by G Bolshaw and converted in 1953. The building features a sandstone ashlar entrance block, while the rest is constructed from coursed rock-faced sandstone rubble, topped with a slate roof. It is designed in the Italianate style and has a rectangular plan that runs at right angles to the street.

The exterior consists of two storeys with three unequal bays, arranged symmetrically around a wide pedimented centre. The building has a plinth and pilasters on both floors; the ground floor pilasters are very broad and feature carved crocket capitals, while the first-floor pilasters have central slots and plain moulded caps. Both floors are adorned with entablatures that include dentilled cornices and pierced parapets flanking the pediment.

On the ground floor, there are three large doorways at the centre, protected by a three-bay porch with segmental arches supported by columns featuring stiff-leaf capitals. The outer bays contain stained glass windows, complete with imposts and keystones. The first floor features an arcaded five-light window in the centre, which has pilaster mullions and linked hoodmoulds, small-pane leaded glazing, and circular heads with stained glass. The outer bays have matching one-light windows. The building also has one-bay return walls that match the main style, and a three-bay rear range that is plainer, with pilasters and coupled round-headed windows on both floors. Attached at right angles to the rear is a single-storey former Sunday School, which has a steeply pitched gabled facade with tall round-headed windows.

The interior has not been inspected.

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