Torbay Council

Listed building outline: Freemasons Lodge Of St John 390747

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Freemasons Lodge Of St John 390747

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.522893 50.459940,-3.522885 50.459944,-3.522912...
• entry-date: 1985-01-21
• listed-building: 1206823
• name: Freemasons Lodge Of St John
• notes: Freemason's Lodge of St John. 1857 (dated rainwater head), to the designs of Edward Appleton. Snecked local grey limestone with polychromatic brick and Bathstone dressings; slate roof with lead rolls and ventilation pot (flache missing); stone stack with stone shaft. Venetian Gothic style. PLAN: Built into the side of Vane Hill. Tall 3-bay block to the north, originally arranged as the meeting room and library of the Torquay Natural History Society; masonic hall above. Lower roofed block to the south includes doorway in a canted corner, former robing room and staircase. EXTERIOR: 3-bay main block with fancy moulded brick corbels under the eaves. Three 3-light windows, each light trefoil-headed with brick banding, divided by shafts. The windows are in chamfered 2-centred arched recesses with polychromatic detail in the tympanum. 3 corbelled dormers, the outer ones with 2-light windows matching those below. Central dormer with battered sides. Masonic symbols in gables. 2-centred triple-chamfered doorway in canted corner with a brick arch and shafts. Original stone porch hood on brackets; 2-light window over matching the others, 2 one-light trefoil-headed windows to left of porch. The left return has a stone Star of David window, the right return has an upper doorway (converted from a window) reached by a bridge from the steps up to Vane Hill. INTERIOR: Open roof to masonic lodge (1985 list description). Access to interior unobtainable. A handsome, roguish example of Venetian Gothic Revival. Listing NGR: SX9199363345
• reference: 390747
• start-date: 1985-01-21