1 and 2 Lodge Street, Haddington

1 and 2 Lodge Street is a two-storey, three-bay, L-shaped former townhouse, possibly dating to the early 18th century, located in the centre of Haddington. Later 18th-century additions and alterations occurred, alongside early 21st-century interior changes. The building served as a Freemasons’ hall from around the late 18th to the late 19th centuries.

The north (street) elevation features an archway leading to a pend (Roughead Close) and 2A Lodge Street (listed separately), with an off-centre doorway flanked by two small windows. An engaged and painted stone column with a base and moulded capital is positioned in the left reveal of the archway. The street elevation is finished with painted render over rubble, while the rear elevation is of bare rubble. The first floor has a central Venetian window with a corbelled cill and deep pediments over four colonnettes. This is flanked by two single windows. Window and door openings have raised and painted dressed stone margins. A smooth rendered base course is present, along with two iron pattress plates (building ties) above the central window. The roofs are slated, with stone skews. A set of plain chimney cans is located on the west end of the roof ridge, with no associated chimney stack. A brick chimney stack is on the rear section.

The windows are timber sash and case, with multi-pane glazing on the first floor and single panes on the ground floor. A twelve-pane window is at the rear. The Venetian window features Y-tracery timber astragals in its upper sash, while the side lights have diamond pattern astragals.

The interior was observed in 2017. Ground floor alterations around 2006 created office and storage spaces, incorporating partitions. Some earlier timber boarding remains on the front wall of the ground floor. A 19th-century curved stone stair is at the rear, with a later 20th-century timber handrail leading to the first floor landing. A small room on the rear of the first floor includes a plain fire surround and a flat press.

The majority of the first floor was formerly a large masonic meeting hall, facing the street. This room features a flat ceiling with a deep dentilled cornice and curved combed detail. A small dome is centred above the ceiling, flanked by two octagonal metal ventilator caps. A stone fire surround with a cast iron insert is framed by a large timber surround with a shaped pediment on the south wall. The east wall has a round arched niche, and the west wall features a large recessed timber bookcase. Two metal tie rods span the room. An entrance door has a small trap door at eye level, which was historically used for presenting rings.