Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Masonic Hall
Town Parks, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1860 - 1879
- Address
- Masonic Hall, St Johns Place, Larne, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.85278, -5.82310
- Date of survey
- 10 April 1998
- HB reference
- HB06/11/001
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1854 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
This building has been demolished and the site now forms part of the roadway and part of the gardens of a new housing development.
Described in the first survey in 1970 as 'A single storey building with painted rubble and rendered walls. The roofs are slated and surmounted by w.i. finials. The entrance is contained in a steeply pitched roofed porch with shaped gable; the panelled door is surmounted by a plain two-centre arched fanlight. The gable of the main façade is elaborately shaped. Double-hung windows with horizontal glazing bars are set in two-centre arched openings.'
Historical information
Built sometime between 1859 and 1896, as it first appeared on the OS map of 1896. Demolished in the 1970s or 1980s.
References - Primary
1. OS Map 1859, Co Antrim 40.
2. OS Map 1896, Co Antrim 40.
3. Old photographs in possession of Larne & District Historical Society
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Building demolished and the site absorbed into a new roadway and housing development.
Nearby in the register
- Gardenmore HallDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Carnegie BuildingsGallery/ Museumunder 1 mi
- Larne College of Further EducationUniversity/ College Buildingunder 1 mi
- Gardenmore Presbyterian Church,Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.