Description

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5306NW SOUTH BEACH PARADE
839-1/20/160 (West side)
05/08/74 Masonic Royal Assembly Rooms
(Formerly Listed as:
KIMBERLEY TERRACE
South Beach Parade
Masonic Royal Assembly Rooms)

GV II

Assembly rooms. 1863. By HH Collins. Partly burnt out 1870 and
became the masonic lodge under patronage of HRH Prince of
Wales. Gault brick. Slate roofs. 2 storeys. Hipped block with
5 blind arched windows. Stacks on north and south slopes. Set
in front is an arcade of 5 bays on Tuscan order columns, the
outer bays filled in 1930s to provide storage rooms. Right and
left are single-storey extensions each with a canted window
bay facing east. Triple arcade on square piers to north return
leads to main doorway.
INTERIOR: main room occupies entire central block and rises
through both storeys. 5 by 3 bays. Tuscan order pilasters with
egg-and-dart decoration to capitals rise to an entablature
with a plain frieze. Above the cornice are blind semicircular
arches corresponding to the blind windows. Curved brackets
rise from the cornice to the panelled plaster ceiling which
has fleur-de-lys roses and short pendants. Balcony runs along
west side with a cast-iron balustrade.

Listing NGR: TG5300606732

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561541

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)