27 Fowler Street, Masonic Hall

1862-63.
Red brick, with stone dressings. Two storeys and 4 bays. A simple classical design.
The ground floor now contains an altered late C19 shop front but the original
rusticated 3 centred arch to a passage-way in the southern bay still exists.
The first floor has quoins and the windows are framed by moulded architraves and
straight pediments supported on scrolled brackets.
The elevation is crowned by a cornice and balustrade. The central portion of the
balustrade is a solid panel. The 4 pedestals are decorated with masonic symbols.
This was the first purposely built masonic hall in South Shields. Demolished. Was listed grade 2.