Mark Masons' Hall, London
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Mark Masons' Hall in Westminster, Greater London, is the headquarters of The Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales, which is also responsible for the Royal Ark Mariner degree. It is located in 86 St James's Street in the district of St James's, opposite St James's Palace. While Freemasons' Hall is the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England and the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England, Mark Masons' Hall is the home of several other important appendant orders of Freemasonry in England and Wales.
History
Earlier buildings
The site of 86 St James's Street has been used for
Current building
The present building at 86 St James's Street was built between 1862 and 1865 following a design by
Description
86 St James's Street is a
On the ground floor it consists of four bays which are all arched. The right hand bay at the top of a flight of stone steps provides the main double doorway entrance. The windows on the first and third floors are arched including the four stone dormer windows on the top floor. Above the steeply pitched slate roof at each side stand two tall rustic banded chimney stacks. The main entrance leads to a panelled entrance hall and a free standing staircase, constructed from stone steps with an open well and cast iron ornamental balustrade.[1]
There are three large rooms on the ground floor, two of which are used as
Headquarters
The following appendant orders of Freemasonry in England and Wales have their headquarters at Mark Masons' Hall:
- Order of Mark Master Masons
- Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariner[2]
- Knights Templar and Knights of Malta
- Red Cross of Constantine
- Order of Royal and Select Masters
- Allied Masonic Degrees
- Order of the Secret Monitor
- Order of the Scarlet Cord
- Rectified Scottish Rite
Mark Masons' Hall also contains the administration of the
References
- ^ a b c d e Harry Wells, "Mark Masons' Hall, 86 St. James’s Street: A brief history of the present building", 28 May 2015 (online) Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, access date 4 July 2015
- ^ "Royal Ark Mariner Homepage at Mark Masons' Hall".
- ^ "ROS Announcements". 16 November 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Minutes of the Grand Council of Knight Masons. Dublin: Grand Council of Knight Masons. 2016. pp. 5–6.