Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Port Glasgow HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No ArchitectName Robert Sellars IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 8977 Refreshments No Street The street address 9 King Street Postcode PA14 5JA 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 Port Glasgow - Lodge Cumberland Kilwinning No.217 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived inverclyde Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2814 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.93424,-4.689316; Description An account of the resource <p>Although this lodge was instituted in 1746, it was not until 1757 that Robert Sellars, a Port Glasgow mason, was asked to build the two storey Lodge Rooms at 9 King Street. For over 100 years, the ground floor was a school used to teach 40 boys reading and writing. In 1772, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, preached in the Lodge Rooms. it is the oldest purpose built Masonic Temple in the World. On 29th September 2007 the Lodge celebrated the 250th Anniversary of the building with a ceremony of re-dedication carried out by Sir Archibald D Orr Ewing BT. the Grant Mason of Scotland.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1758