Masonic Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Masonic hall. 3 related planning applications.

Masonic Hall

WRENN ID
dusk-bonework-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
Masonic hall
Address
Masonic Hall, Princes Street, Dorchester, DT1 1TR
OS grid reference
SY 690 906
Coordinates
50.71466, -2.43985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Masonic Hall is a mid-19th century building located on the north side of Princes Street. It features a rendered exterior and a pitched slate roof. The façade is distinguished by a giant order of four Tuscan columns supporting a pediment. On the ground floor, there are three blocked windows, while the first floor has two blocked round-headed niches with a continuous impost band and an oculus in the center bay.

An extension was added around 1900, also rendered and consisting of one storey. This extension includes a moulded cornice and parapet, with an open pediment at the south end and rusticated angle pilasters. The east elevation has a door with five fielded panels set in a rusticated surround, complete with a triple keystone and a pediment above. There are four plain windows on this elevation. The south elevation features one sash window with glazing bars, set in a moulded architrave that includes impost blocks and a keystone.

Local climate

Masonic Hall receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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