Johnsonville Masonic Hall

• unknown
• (original plans cannot be accessed)
• 1908
• Original construction
• 1930
• 25 Phillip Street, 881 alterations to Masonic Hall (00049:14:486)
• 1968
• 25 Phillip Street, out building additions and alterations - hall (00058:546:C26181)
• 2005
• 25 Phillip Street, partial repile (00078:1523:128141 )

• unknown
• Johnsonville Masonic Hall

Not assessed

The Masonic Lodge is a single storey building built in a style that is typical of many community and church halls. The building is enhanced by its attractive street façade.

The street façade is notable for its simplicity and symmetry. The main entrance is a via pair of narrow three panel doors that are sheltered by a simple gabled porch. The porch is a supported by a pair of turned columns, and the two-part flared barge boards, and the turned finial repeat the gable detail of the main roof. The entrance doors are flanked by a pair of narrow sash windows. A decorative plaque with Masonic emblems is fixed to the gable and denotes the building’s use as a Masonic lodge.

The remaining building is arranged as a large hall. The roofs are relatively low-pitch and are a mix of lean-to and gables. The walls are generally clad in rusticated weatherboards.

Rusticated weatherboards

Corrugated iron roofing

Tongue and groove flooring

This hall is set amongst predominantly residential buildings and sits comfortably in this context.

• Architectural

  Does the item have architectural or artistic value for characteristics that may include its design, style, era, form, scale, materials, colour, texture, patina of age, quality of space, craftsmanship, smells, and sounds?

  The Johnsonville Masonic Lodge is a single storey building built in a style that is typical of many community and church halls. The building is enhanced by its attractive street façade.

• Townscape

  Does the item have townscape value for the part it plays in defining a space or street; providing visual interest; its role as a landmark; or the contribution it makes to the character and sense of place of Wellington?

  The lodge is a simple single storey domestic-scale building that fits well into the suburban streetscape of Philip Street.

• Association

  Is the item associated with an important person, group, or organisation?

  This building has had typical, albeit uneventful, history for a community hall in Wellington. It is primarily associated with the Johnsonville Freemasons who have owned and occupied the building for over a century.

• Archaeological

  Does the item have archaeological value for its ability to provide scientific information about past human activity?

  Risk unknown.

• Identity Sense Of Place Continuity

  Is the item a focus of community, regional, or national identity? Does the item contribute to sense of place or continuity?

  The building has had few intrusive modern alterations or additions and contributes to the sense of place and continuity of suburban Johnsonville.

• Sentiment Connection

  Is the item a focus of community sentiment and connection?

  The building has a long history of use as a Masonic Lodge and is likely to be the focus of community sentiment and connection.

• Symbolic Commemorative Traditional Spiritual

  Does the item have symbolic, commemorative, traditional, spiritual or other cultural value for the community who has used and continues to use it?

  The building is likely to be of symbolic, traditional and cultural value to the local Masonic Lodge community.

• Authentic

  Does the item have authenticity or integrity because it retains significant fabric from the time of its construction or from later periods when important additions or modifications were carried out?

  This building has had few listed modifications made and retains a relatively authentic quality. It has authenticity of style, craftsmanship, materials, and setting.

• Local Regional National International

  Is the item important for any of the above characteristics at a local, regional, national, or international level?

  This building is locally significant for its architectural and social values.

• Representative

  Is the item a good example of the class it represents?

  The building is a good representative example of a community hall that was purpose-built for the local Masonic Lodge.

Not assessed

• “Heritage building – 25-29 Phillip Street”, 1997, 1041-06-PHI125, Wellington City Council Records.
• 1908 Original construction
• 1930 25 Phillip Street, 881 alterations to Masonic Hall (00049:14:486)
• 1968 25 Phillip Street, out building additions and alterations - hall (00058:546:C26181)
• 2005 25 Phillip Street, partial repile (00078:1523:128141)

• Inventory Report
• 1930 drawings

Not available