Wearside Masonic Temple With Attached Walls and Gates
WEARSIDE MASONIC TEMPLE WITH ATTACHED WALLS AND GATES, BURDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279533
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Wearside Masonic Temple With Attached Walls and Gates
- Statutory Address:
- WEARSIDE MASONIC TEMPLE WITH ATTACHED WALLS AND GATES, BURDON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279533
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Wearside Masonic Temple With Attached Walls and Gates
- Statutory Address 1:
- WEARSIDE MASONIC TEMPLE WITH ATTACHED WALLS AND GATES, BURDON ROAD
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WEARSIDE MASONIC TEMPLE WITH ATTACHED WALLS AND GATES, BURDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sunderland (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 39728 56288
Details
SUNDERLAND
NZ3956SE BURDON ROAD 920-1/22/24 (West side) Wearside Masonic Temple with attached walls and gates
GV II
Also known as: Burdon Road Masonic Temple BURDON ROAD. Masonic temple, with walls and gates attached. 1932. By CA Clayton-Greene. Neo-Greek style. Thin brick in stretcher bond; ashlar plinth, dressings and end pavilions; roof not visible; brick walls with stone coping and wrought and cast-iron gates. EXTERIOR: north front to Park Road has one tall storey, 5 windows. Plinth has wide plain openings to fixed lights. Wide central section has central porch with wide surround; stylised Acanthus capitals to columns in antis and to pilasters; top panel with fluted band and acroterion finial; internal steps up to many-panelled double door and fishscale overlight in architrave studded with squared Tudor roses. Pavilions have similar capitals to corner groups of pilasters and adjacent set-back half-pilasters. Paired margined fixed lights flanking entrance under rubbed brick arches and in outer sections recessed under top panels. Top entablature surmounted by fluted bands and low pediments over pavilions, and brick attic over centre with 3 wide raised brick blind frames; top blocking course and low-pitched pediment. Left return to Burdon Road has 4 lights in brick centre and single lights in pavilions. INTERIOR shows entrance hall with green marble doorcases, Ionic columns and pilasters, fluted frieze with paterae, panelled ceiling; wrought-iron lift cage for Medway's lift has SL monograms for Sunderland Lodge. Stone stair around lift has moulded brass handrails on wrought-iron balustrades with paterae. Main temple on first floor has lotus capitals on fluted pilasters of panelled walls, and fluted frieze to panelled ceiling. High quality finishes throughout. First floor landing has war memorial tablets. Garden walls have chamfered coping and tall square corniced piers; wrought-iron gates have cast-iron lotus pattern panels.
Listing NGR: NZ3972856288
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391403
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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