Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Hamilton HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities Disabled access can be difficult as there are two flights of stairs. On display will be a "set up" Masonic Lodge amd a display of records back to the 17th century. OpeningTime1 11 am to 4 pm ArchitectName Alex Cullen OpeningDate1 12/9/2015 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11838 Refreshments No Street The street address 104 Cadzow Street Postcode ML3 6HP Parking No 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 Masonic Temple Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived southlanarkshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3463 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.77778,-4.039546; Description An account of the resource The architect, Alex Cullen, was commissioned in 1903 to construct new premises in Cadzow Street, Hamilton for Lodge Hamilton Kilwinning No. 7. The new premises were required due to their existing temple being required to be demolished to allow tramcars to get from Cadzow Street to the tramway traction house in Bourned Street; this demolition at the "Bottom Cross" in Hamilton opened a way through to form Keith Street. The Masonic Buildings were opened in 1904 and have been classified as a Category B listed building. It is constructed in the Scots Renaissance style with stugged coursers and polished ashlar dressings which create many distinctive features on the exterior of the building. The interior of the building has changed very little since constructed in 1904 except for the addition of two War Memorial plaques. The original furniture and fittings are still used in the lodge premises and many internal features of Masonic symbolism are in evidence. There are particularly good stained glass features within the building. The buildings are believed to be one of only two examples of the public commissions of Alex Cullen who later founded the practice of Cullen, Lochhead and Brown, an architectural practice which still practises within Hamilton to the present. Lodge Hamilton Kilwinning No.7 is the oldest masonic lodge in Lanarkshire and has existed in the town of Hamilton since the late 17th century. The lodge has minutes dating back to 1695 and financial records and artefacts dating back into 1680s. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1904