Latitude: 54.0019 / 54°0'6"N
Longitude: -0.4383 / 0°26'17"W
OS Eastings: 502459
OS Northings: 457337
OS Grid: TA024573
Mapcode National: GBR TQC5.X5
Mapcode Global: WHGDC.7NJX
Plus Code: 9C6X2H26+QM
Entry Name: Masonic Hall
Listing Date: 18 November 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1267882
English Heritage Legacy ID: 462487
ID on this website: 101267882
Location: Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO25
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Civil Parish: Driffield
Built-Up Area: Driffield
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Riding of Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Great Driffield All Saints
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Masonic temple
DRIFFIELD
TA05 NW
LOCKWOODSTREET
(South side)
491- 114/10007
No.25
Masonic Hall
II
Archaeological museum, now Masonic Hall. 1878, altered late C20. Brick with orange brick
and ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roofs. Chamfered brick plinth, dentilated eaves. 2 storey. Street elevation has gabled front and projecting porch with dentilated white brick eaves and ornate cast iron balcony railings. Porch has ashlar surround with black marble columns, foliate capitals and triangular head with circular red marble ornament. 4-panel door plus overlight. Either side single plain sashes with ashlar lintels with incised strap work decoration and central circular red marble ornaments. Above pair of tall plain sashes divided by central black marble column with foliate capital, both have triangular heads with red and black fish scale tiles tympani and circular red marble ornaments. Either side single shorter plain sashes with similar triangular lintels. Gable has diamond shaped plaque with date stone inscribed 1878, and dentilated band below ornate bargeboards. Side elevations divided into 5 panels by plain orange brick pilasters, dentilated cill band and plain brick band above. East side has 4 remaining windows and a blocked opening all ,Nith triangular polychromatic brick heads. West elevation has single similar window and 3 blocked openings all with triangular polychromatic brick heads. This hall was built for J R Mortimer as the first purpose built museum of archaeology. He used it to display his collection of artifacts which he had collected on his pioneering digs in the area. It was converted to a Masonic Hall after the collection was sold to Hull City Council in 1918. This building is listed for its undoubted historic significance as an early museum of archaeology.
Listing NGR: TA0245957337
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