Masonic Hall including former Sunday School
Masonic Hall including former Sunday School, Duke Street
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379581
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Masonic Hall including former Sunday School
- Statutory Address:
- Masonic Hall including former Sunday School, Duke Street
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379581
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Masonic Hall including former Sunday School
- Statutory Address 1:
- Masonic Hall including former Sunday School, Duke Street
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.
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:
- Masonic Hall including former Sunday School, Duke Street
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sefton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD3324116819
Details
SD31NW
664-1/1/34
SOUTHPORT
DUKE STREET (North East side)
Masonic Hall including former Sunday School
II
United Methodist Free Church, now Masonic Hall. 1878-79, by Maxwell and Tuke; extended 1900 by G Bolshaw; converted 1953. Sandstone ashlar entrance block, otherwise coursed rock-faced sandstone rubble; slate roof. Italianate style. Rectangular plan at right-angles to street.
EXTERIOR: two storeys and three unequal bays; symmetrical, with a wide pedimented centre; a plinth, pilasters to both floors (those at ground floor very broad, with carved crocket capitals, and those at first floor with central slots and plain moulded caps), entablatures with dentilled cornices to both floors, and pierced parapets flanking the pediment. Both floors have round-headed openings: at ground floor three large doorways to the centre protected by a three-bay porch which has segmental arches on columns with stiff-leaf capitals; stained glass windows in the outer bays, with imposts and keystones.
At first floor the centre has an arcaded five-light window with pilaster mullions and linked hoodmoulds, small-pane leaded glazing and circular heads with stained glass; the outer bays have matching one-light windows.One-bay return walls in matching style; and three-bay rear range in plainer style, with pilasters and coupled round-headed windows on both floors. Attached at right-angles to rear of this is a single-storey former Sunday School, with a steeply pitched gabled facade which has tall round-headed windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD3324116819
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478968
- 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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