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Andrew McClelland 17/04/2006 00:00:00

HB Ref No:
HB19/16/005

Address
OLD MASONIC HALL CASTLE ST. LISBURN CO.ANTRIM

Townland:

Status:
Currently at Risk

Listing Grade:
B

HARNI Number:
HARNI 19/16/001

Conservation Area:
Yes

Condition:
Poor

Industrial Archeology:

Occupancy:
Vacant

Vernacular:

Degree of Risk:
Moderate

Thatched:
No

Availability:
Unavailable

Monument:

Current Building Use:
Hall

Derelict:

Description

The UAHS list of 1969 in the then Borough of Lisburn referred to the old Masonic Hall as a “three-storey, five-bay building, rendered fairly recently, with Ionic porch and pediment and extremely good cast iron fanlight”. The description went on to suggest that the building was “in grave danger”, presumably due to the uncertainty surrounding its future as it was for sale. Almost forty years later the building is again faced with the unknown, being vacant, and having recently suffered fire damage. However, unlike the late-1960s, it is now afforded statutory protection, both through listing, and also within the Lisburn Conservation Area, designated in 1992. It is a building of tremendous character and an important frame for the neighbouring Castle Gardens. Refs: UAHS, Lisburn, 1969, p.11