Masonic Hall, 15 Rosemary Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 3FN

A three storey, with basement, Neo-Classical Masonic Lodge on the north side of Rosemary Street. It was designed by Young and Mackenzie 1953-1956. Roof is pitched natural slate. Gutters concealed behind parapet, rainwater pipes are round metal with square hopper heads. Walls are ashlar reconstructed stone, largely band rusticated to the ground floor, over a granite plinth. The pedimented gable is framed by a bracketted, dentilled, moulded cornice; a projecting moulded string runs at first floor level in line with the entrance canopy; windows have moulded architraves. All openings are flat lintelled with moulded architraves. Windows are timber sashes: 6/9 and 4/6. The entrance has double solid timber doors each with four octagonal panels, a single paned light over. The south elevation is symmetrical under the pedimented gable. The central section projects slightly and houses single windows, the flanking windows are in triplets. The second floor central window has a fluted panel apron sitting over a projecting cornice to the first floor window below. The central columned in antis entrance porch has a bracketted canopy which forms a balconette with urn balustrade to the first floor window. The porch is accessed up granite steps; the side walls have arched niches with memorial panels under; over the door is a shield with the Mason's compasses; cast iron railings and gates are set in the steps. The party walls are slightly recessed with low piers on the ground floor capped with volutes. The west elevation is abutted by a three storey building. The north elevation has a pitched roof stepping down to a flat roof to the west; a two storey flat roofed block projects from the west. The walls are red brick, to the taller section there are no openings to the third floor. The openings have flat concrete lintels. The windows are mainly 15 pane 6/9 timber sashes, with some 3 paned. The east elevation is abutted by a three storey building. Setting: The Masonic Hall sits on the north side of the pedestrian Rosemary Street, to the west is Rosemary Street First Presbyterian Church (HB26/50/054) and Central Halls (HB26/50/300) opposite which is HB26/50/035. The rear of the building is now visible from the North Street car park. Schedule: Roof: slate Walls: brick Windows: metal RWGs: metal.