A formal lodge front combines Renaissance symmetry, Arts and Crafts detail and a conspicuous 1912 date above the entrance.
Quick facts
- Date
- 1912
- Architect / designer
- Designer not identified in the designation
- Type
- Free Renaissance Masonic lodge with Arts and Crafts details
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB35618)
- OS grid reference
- NS 42712 63349
Architecture and continuing use
The three-bay façade places an arched doorway below a balustraded balcony. Shallow oriels project from the outer bays, which rise to crenellated heads and domed roofs with Glasgow-style stalk-and-disc finials. Low walls and gatepiers complete the street boundary.
Its story
The lodge was built in 1912, the date displayed prominently at balcony level. Its design gives a private associational building the ceremonial presence of a civic institution, while its physical link with the former burgh offices strengthens the Collier Street group.
Why it is included
Category B listing recognises an unusually characterful early-twentieth-century lodge and its contribution to a coherent group of public and associational buildings.
What to notice
- The date carved into the central balcony die.
- Crenellated outer bays capped by small domes and finials.
- The lodge name set in a cartouche above the entrance.
Reading the surroundings
View from the public pavement. Do not enter during a meeting or assume that membership premises are open to visitors; use only an advertised event or prior arrangement.
Timeline
- 1912 The purpose-built lodge opened on Collier Street.
- 1993 Its façade, walls and gatepiers were listed at Category B.
- 2026 Lodge information continues to give Collier Street as its meeting place.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
Historic Environment Scotland did not inspect the interior, and the external meeting listing is not a public invitation. Interior survival and visitor arrangements require direct confirmation.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Lodge Houstoun St Johnstone, 11 Collier Street, LB35618 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB35618 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
- Masonic links: Lodge Houstoun St Johnstone No. 242 — Current lodge identity, Collier Street meeting place and stated meeting pattern.
Location
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