Masonic Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Hall. 1 related planning application.

Masonic Hall

WRENN ID
strange-pinnacle-sepia
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1952
Type
Hall
Address
Masonic Hall, the Crescent, Taunton, TA1 4EB
OS grid reference
ST 225 242
Coordinates
51.01239, -3.10516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Masonic Hall, located on the east side of The Crescent, was originally built as a Roman Catholic Church in 1812. The building features a stucco front with large Ionic pilasters that support a dentil eaves cornice. The entrance has a doorway with an architrave surround and double six-panel doors, flanked by Ionic pilasters and topped with a pediment. Wide steps lead up to the entrance. The side elevation includes four windows set on a rusticated base, with Ionic pilasters above. This building is significant as it is situated south of the terrace sections and contributes to the group value of the listed buildings in The Crescent, which includes No 14, Wall Bath Place, and the Dragon Book Shop on Corporation Street.

Local climate

Masonic Hall receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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