Masonic Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. A 19th century Masonic Hall. 9 related planning applications.

Masonic Hall

WRENN ID
dusted-spandrel-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochford
Constituency
Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1988
Type
Masonic Hall
Period
19th century
Address
Masonic Hall, 24, South Street, SS4 1BQ
OS grid reference
TQ 876 904
Coordinates
51.58134, 0.70665
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Masonic Hall, formerly the Court House, is a building dating from around 1859 or 1869. It was constructed at a cost of £3,000 and features gault and black bricks with a hipped grey slate roof, along with end and central chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and consists of five bays, with the end bays projecting forward.

The eaves cornice is adorned with two dentilled and moulded bands, and below this is a band of black brick crosses with a moulded and dentilled soffit. The windows are arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern, featuring vertically sliding sashes with side margins on the first floor, stepped and raised gauged arches, recessed panels between the windows, and aprons beneath them.

A central band, which is stuccoed, highlights the three central bays, with the middle bay projecting forward and supported by two moulded brackets. The ground floor has eight bands and features lugged round-headed arches with keystones above the windows and the right doorway, with stepped keystones on both sides. The windows also have aprons. Access to the building is via a step approach leading to panelled double doors, topped by a semi-circular fanlight.

Local climate

Masonic Hall receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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