Freemason'S Hall

Freemason's Hall, dated 1868, is located on the north side of High Street in Lewes. The building is constructed of yellow stock brick with red brick and some stone dressings, topped with a plain tiled roof that features a gable end facing the street. It has tumbled gable parapets with stone coping and kneelers, and a cast-iron gable finial. The hall is two storeys high and has two windows, with wooden cross windows above set in pointed arch surrounds that include stone inserts decorated with inlaid foliage. There is a relieving arch between the windows, featuring a decorative stone keystone.

A decorative polychromatic surround frames the datestone inscribed with '1868', which is located between the windows. An impost band of tilework runs between the windows and continues to either side. At the lower level, there is a stone inscription that reads 'Freemason's Hall/Erected 1797/Rebuilt 1868' situated between the windows. To the right on the ground floor, there is a three-light window with stone rounded Caernarvon-arched heads, a segmental relieving arch, and polychromatic brickwork in the arch. The entrance to the right features a pair of pointed-arched boarded doors with brick reveals, a triangular hood-mould, and polychromatic brickwork between the arch and the hood-mould. Decorative spiral downpipes with brackets are located on both sides of the entrance. The party wall shared with No 147 to the right contains significant remains of the medieval West Gate, which was demolished in 1777.