Masonic Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1949. A Georgian Hall.

Masonic Hall

WRENN ID
steep-gallery-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 July 1949
Type
Hall
Period
Georgian
Address
Masonic Hall, 1, 2, College Street, Whitehaven
OS grid reference
NX 973 182
Coordinates
54.54892, -3.5879
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Masonic Hall, built in 1814, is a three-storey building located on College Street. It features a pebbledashed exterior and has a panelled door with a Gothic traceried fanlight above it. The building has four windows, with the first floor displaying 12-paned windows, while the others do not have glazing bars. The windows are accented with cement architraves, and the corners of the building are marked by cemented quoins.

Local climate

Masonic Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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