Lawson Masonic Hall

Lawson Masonic Hall, originally known as The Mansion House, was built in 1819 for Reverend Thomas Ramshay, the vicar of Brampton, and has 20th-century additions. The building features English garden wall bond brickwork with a stone plinth and string course, topped with a green slate roof and brick chimney stacks. It stands two storeys tall and has six bays. The front is highlighted by a stepped tetrastyle Tuscan portico, which includes a moulded entablature and cornice. The entrance consists of a glazed and panelled door with a radial fanlight and side-lights, set within a Venetian style surround. The left bays retain their original design, featuring sash windows with glazing bars, stone lintels, and sills. The projecting bays on the right are constructed from 20th-century red brick and incorporate reused lintels, sills, and windows.

Inside, the principal room on the right showcases carved skirting boards and a plain dado rail, along with carved overdoor cases featuring decorated and moulded architraves and panelled doors. It also has a moulded plaster cornice and frieze, complemented by a decorated plaster ceiling. The room on the left includes a marble fireplace, a moulded picture rail, and a ceiling replaced in 1982, with internal shutters on all windows. A cantilever stone staircase with iron balusters and a curved mahogany handrail leads to the upper floor, while the apsidal end features a plaster cornice and decorated frieze. The listing also includes a two-storey, two-bay extension on the right, made of dressed red sandstone, which contains sash windows and glazing bars, and now serves as a caretaker's flat and kitchen.