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The Masonic Hall, Leicester.
THE MASONIC HALL , LEICESTER .
'run MASOXIC HAW , , ] . : ICI : STI : U .
A .-MBBAKY , 17 by 25 ,
C .-ANTE BOOM .
B . —LODGE ROOM , CO 25 .
D .-PRINCIPAL STAIRCASE ,
THE building , which is to be devoted solel y to Masonic purposes , consists of two floors , the tipper and princpal one affording a Lodge room , sixty feet by twenty-five feet , and twenty feet high , for ceremonies and Masonic balls , for which latter purpose an orchestral gallery is formed ; also a dining room , twenty-four feet by seventeen feet ; ancl other rooms
necessary for the purposes of the Graft . The communication from the ground floor is by a spacious staircase , six feet wide , leading to an open landing , which forms the approach to the principal rooms . On the ground floor are the entrance , ante
room , kitchen , and residence for the Tyler . The front , as will be seen by our engraving , is of Italian character , and of red dressed brick , with Bath stone dressings and cornice . The polished alabaster shafts in the upper window jambs Avere kindly given by Bro . Broadbent , from his works near Leicester .
It is intended at a future period to convert the large area on the ground floor , under the hall , into a banqueting room , connecting it with the south east end of the hall by an ante room and staircase , to be erected on the vacant ground at the side of the building .
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The Masonic Hall, Leicester.
THE MASONIC HALL , LEICESTER .
'run MASOXIC HAW , , ] . : ICI : STI : U .
A .-MBBAKY , 17 by 25 ,
C .-ANTE BOOM .
B . —LODGE ROOM , CO 25 .
D .-PRINCIPAL STAIRCASE ,
THE building , which is to be devoted solel y to Masonic purposes , consists of two floors , the tipper and princpal one affording a Lodge room , sixty feet by twenty-five feet , and twenty feet high , for ceremonies and Masonic balls , for which latter purpose an orchestral gallery is formed ; also a dining room , twenty-four feet by seventeen feet ; ancl other rooms
necessary for the purposes of the Graft . The communication from the ground floor is by a spacious staircase , six feet wide , leading to an open landing , which forms the approach to the principal rooms . On the ground floor are the entrance , ante
room , kitchen , and residence for the Tyler . The front , as will be seen by our engraving , is of Italian character , and of red dressed brick , with Bath stone dressings and cornice . The polished alabaster shafts in the upper window jambs Avere kindly given by Bro . Broadbent , from his works near Leicester .
It is intended at a future period to convert the large area on the ground floor , under the hall , into a banqueting room , connecting it with the south east end of the hall by an ante room and staircase , to be erected on the vacant ground at the side of the building .