Freemason's Hall, 96, 98 George Street, Edinburgh

Freemason's Hall, located at 96 and 98 George Street in Edinburgh, was designed by A Hunter Crawford and built between 1910 and 1912. This impressive three-storey and attic, six-bay classical building is constructed from silvery-grey polished sandstone ashlar.

The two central bays are slightly set forward and feature rustication at the ground level, with small voussoired windows and a base course. The entrance is highlighted by a Roman Doric doorpiece with coupled columns, a triglyph frieze, and an entablature. Latticed bronze doors lead into an internal porch, which has three-bay arcaded glazed doors. The upper floors are adorned with a giant order of channelled Doric pilasters, and the windows are framed with architraves. On the first floor, the windows are corniced, with balustrading between the piers, and a figure of St Andrew by Harry Snell Gamley is positioned at the centre. There are panelled vents between the first and second floors, and the building features an entablature with a modillioned cornice, a balustraded parapet, and urns. The mansard roof has six pedimented timber dormers set behind the parapet.

The hall faces a lane and has a shaped ashlar gable, while the rear elevations of the upper floors are finished with glazed bricks. The windows are timber sash and case, with 15 panes on the first floor, and 12 panes on the ground and second floors. The building also includes ashlar coped skews, corniced ashlar stacks, and is topped with grey slates.

Inside, the hall is sumptuous and well preserved. The vestibule is lined with grey Echaillon marble and features black marble columns. The staircase showcases superimposed orders. The main hall is a five-bay temple with low aisles, original pendent wreath light fittings, and woodwork by Scott Morton, including an oak case for the organ by Brindley & Foster, installed in 1913.