Old Masonic Hall, 36 Castle Street, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT27 4XE

End of terrace five-bay three-storey rendered former townhouse, built c.1800, with pedimented Doric stone doorcase. Square-on-plan facing north with carriage arch screen to east, single-bay three-storey stairhall projection to rear, abutted by multi-bay three-storey return and two further flat-roofed two-storey accretions. Set on the south side of Castle Street within its own plot enclosed to Castle Gardens by tall rubblestone wall. Formerly a Masonic Hall, more recently part of the South East Regional College, currently boarded up and for sale. Pitched artificial slate roof with synthetic ridge tiles behind rendered parapet wall with moulded stone eaves course below. Hipped roofs to returns and rendered chimneystacks, with stone coping to east gable. Plastic and uPVC rainwater goods to front and rear. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling to front and east gabled elevations, with rusticated wall to projecting plinth course below ground floor sill course. Pebbledash rendered to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills and replacement multi-pane timber sash windows. Symmetrical five-bay three-storey front elevation with neo-classical painted stone doorcase. Replacement timber panelled door with original decorative peacock fanlight, moulded archivolt and impost mouldings flanked by pair of fluted Doric columns on plinth blocks with full entablature above supporting broken-based pediment having guilloche moulding to pediment. Door opens onto concrete step to the street. Abutting east side elevation, flush to facade, is an elliptical-arched carriage gate screen with moulded archivolt, impost mouldings, and cornice above with steel gate giving rear access. Blank east gabled elevation with moulded stone eaves course continued and plat band at sill level of each floor. Rear elevation abutted by pair of returns and flat-roofed extensions all having square-headed window and door openings, now boarded up. West side elevation abutted by adjoining house on terrace. Roof Artificial slate Walling Rule-and-lined render RWG Plastic Windows Replacement timber sash