Masonic Temple is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. Temple. 1 related planning application.
Masonic Temple
- WRENN ID
- quartered-chalk-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1975
- Type
- Temple
- Address
- Masonic Temple, 8 Guildford Crescent, Castle, CF10 2HL
- OS grid reference
- ST 187 763
- Coordinates
- 51.48052, -3.17079
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Masonic Temple is a Grade II listed building featuring a Bath Stone facade with round-arched openings that have keystones and a decorative order of Doric pilasters. It has a cornice and parapet inscribed with "MASONIC TEMPLE" and a hipped slate roof. The structure consists of three bays, with a triple arch window above a blocked doorway in the center and tall arched windows on either side.
The main entrance is located at the side of the former chapel, leading into a long passage that takes you to the hall, which is supported by Ionic columns and features a cantilevered staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade adorned with symbolic roundels. The building includes three temples: the main temple is the Grand or Duke of Connaught Temple situated in the old chapel, characterized by a lofty coved ceiling, moulded architraves around blocked windows, and wooden paneling on the lower walls, complete with stepped platforms for seating. At the far end of the chapel, there is a gallery with a panelled frontal and an organ that was installed in 1906, replacing an earlier one.
The Small or Lord Swansea Temple is accessed via an ante-room from the main hall and is located behind the main temple within the chapel building. The New or Edgar Rutter Temple can be reached from the opposite corner of the hall. On the first floor, there are three dining rooms. Dining Room 1, situated above the Lord Swansea Temple, retains a large decorative cupola and a stage area, while additional dining rooms are located above the Edgar Rutter Temple (No 2) and a central dining room (No 3).
Local climate
Masonic Temple sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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