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Latitude: 51.9447 / 51°56'40"N
Longitude: 1.0641 / 1°3'50"E
OS Eastings: 610692
OS Northings: 231787
OS Grid: TM106317
Mapcode National: GBR TP3.5TG
Mapcode Global: VHLCB.DDF2
Plus Code: 9F33W3V7+VM
Entry Name: Masonic Hall
Listing Date: 30 November 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1261191
English Heritage Legacy ID: 438150
ID on this website: 101261191
Location: Manningtree, Tendring, Essex, CO11
County: Essex
District: Tendring
Civil Parish: Manningtree
Built-Up Area: Manningtree
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Mistley with Manningtree St Mary and St Michael
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Masonic temple
MANNINGTREE SOUTH STREET
TM 1031 (east side)
9/181 Masonic Hall, (formerly
The Mechanics')
Institute
GV II
Masonic Hall, formerly The Mechanics Institute. Circa 1850-60. Red brick
facade with stone dressings, hall to rear with grey slate roof and
weatherboarded base to raised roof lights. The symmetrical single storey
entrance facade with raised lugged pediment above a transomed 4 light bay with
slanting roof, chamfered angles and surround, moulded mullions and transoms,
moulded cornice, polygonal leaded lights. Moulded coping to pediment. Right
and left round headed arches with imposts and keystones to entry porches, halved
Dutch gables over to base of pediment. The Mechanics' Institute was formed in
1847 and used the National School for meetings until the erection of this
building, heavy debt was incurred which-brought about a financial crisis in
1867, it continued into the 20th century but had ceased to exist by the First
World War, during its 60 odd years of existence the Institute was the only body
consistently providing adult education and to offer aids of self-improvement in
its reading room and library. Our Story, The History of Three Parishes,
Manningtree/Mistley and Lawford Branch W.E.A. 1954.
Listing NGR: TM1069231787
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