Former Freemasons Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1996. A Victorian Former freemasons hall. 1 related planning application.

Former Freemasons Hall

WRENN ID
vast-entrance-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1996
Type
Former freemasons hall
Address
Former Freemasons Hall, Church Street, Falmouth, TR11 3DR
OS grid reference
SW 808 327
Coordinates
50.15438, -5.06856
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Freemasons' Hall is a building located on Church Street in Falmouth. It was constructed in 1885 as a Freemasons' Hall at a cost of £1,300, and a Savings Bank was added in 1887 for £800. The building is made of granite ashlar and features a plinth, rusticated pilasters that frame the end bays, a mid-floor string course on the central bays, and a moulded cornice on a panelled parapet that steps up to the side bays. The roof is not visible. The structure has a very deep plan and is two storeys high, with a front that originally had a nearly symmetrical arrangement of one bay, two bays, and one bay. However, the window in the center right has been converted into a doorway in the 20th century. The building retains its original hornless sash windows and has an original doorway in the right-hand bay, complete with original cast-iron gates. The interior has not been inspected. This building is notable for being the oldest Freemasons' lodge in the county and holds a prominent position on the street.

Local climate

Former Freemasons Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
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