Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Ballater HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No Activities <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">There will be a short talk about the Lodge and its history at 12pm on both days. ? OpeningTime1 11am - 4pm ArchitectName William Duguid & Son OpeningDate1 14/9/2019 OpeningDate2 15/9/2019 OpeningTime2 11am - 4pm IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 13661 Refreshments Yes Street The street address 19 & 20 Queen's Road Postcode AB35 5NJ Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ballater Masonic Lodge Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived aberdeenshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 187 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,57.04932,-3.045645; Description An account of the resource Category C Listed, the Lodge was purpose built in 1896 by local builders William Duguid and Son. Ballater Masonic Lodge is a distinctive building with its fine detail apparent in the unusual 2-stage tower. It proves an unusual aspect in the streetscape within surrounding Victorian villas and sitting next to the Victoria Barracks. It is particularly distinguished by the finely decorated Royal Arch Chapter vault which is, with the exception of Aberdeen, the only vault of its kind in the North-East. The paintings within the vault were completed after WWII, in 1948, by a Mr Davidson, from designs by John Maitland. They represent scenes from the Masonic stories of the Royal Arch. This building replaced the earlier Masonic Lodge of Ballater which had been in Church Square. William Duguid and Sons were local builders who also built the Albert Memorial and Victoria Halls and other local houses. Visitors will be able to enter the Main Hall, view photographs and browse through membership records, minute books all going back over 100 years. Masonic Jewels will also be on display.<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896