This is one of the earliest surviving purpose built Masonic Lodges in Scotland with records dating back to its foundation in 1757. It is a late 18th century building which has been refaced; the lodge entrance is in Mason�s Wynd set under a pediment with the inscription �St Ebbe No 70�.

A commemorative plaque records that �in this building, Burns was made Royal Arch Mason 13 May 1787�.