Masonic Hall, Bo’ness - a photo on Flickriver

            By Matthew Steele, 1909.  Single storey and 2-storey L-plan Masonic Lodge in characteristically idiosyncratic Steele style set on a steeply sloping site. Coursed bull-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings to principal elevation. Bipartite and tripartite windows with stone mullions, piended roofs. Central timber 2-leaf door flanked by pair of side lights set in advanced gabled portico supported by 4 severely truncated stone columns with deep parapet. Gable inscribed, '409 LODGE DOUGLAS'. Flanked by single bay sections with further pairs of truncated columns all set in advanced piended section with small triangular dormer. To right, recessed tripartite window and further recessed bipartite window, both with piended roofs. Variety of glazing types. Some small square leaded panes, some openings blocked. Graded grey slate.

One of the renowned local architect Matthew Steele's most interesting and successful works in Bo'ness. Steele's idiosyncratic style triumphs in the small scale and sweeping rooflines of this building. The Dean of Guild plans are dated March 1909 and show that the principal floor was intended to have an open timber roof. The lodge space had a stage and a retiring room and there were living quarters in the basement to the rear with a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and washhouse.

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Bo'ness (show map)

Taken on: June 11, 2021

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