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The second lodge building was constructed between 1876 and 1878.<ref name=hnz>{{citation|title=Lodge of Unanimity No 3|language=en|work=Heritage New Zealand|access-date=2025-10-15|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/7382/Lodge-of-Unanimity-No-3}}</ref> The design is a simple interpretation of the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] movement, designed by [[Benjamin Mountfort]],<ref name=hnz/> who was a lodge member and also designed the first lodge building.<ref name=ccc>{{citation|url=https://districtplan.ccc.govt.nz/Images/DistrictPlanImages/Statement%20of%20Significance/Banks%20Peninsula/HID%20765.pdf|date=2014-10-14|title=Statement of Significance: Former Masonic Hall—Lodge of Unanimity and Setting|author=Christchurch City Council|author-link=Christchurch City Council|access-date=2025-10-16}}</ref> The building was extended with a timber refrectory in 1896, to a design by Mountfort’s son Cyril.<ref name=hnz/><ref name=ccc/> The building interior was ornately decorated in the style typical of Masonic lodges, including symbolic imagery.<ref name=teara>{{citation|title=Story: Men’s Clubs—Masons—Lyttelton Masonic Lodge interior|language=en|work=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=2025-10-15|first=Jock|last=Phillips|date=2011-05-10|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31279/lyttelton-masonic-lodge-interior}}</ref> |
The second lodge building was constructed between 1876 and 1878.<ref name=hnz>{{citation|title=Lodge of Unanimity No 3|language=en|work=Heritage New Zealand|access-date=2025-10-15|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/7382/Lodge-of-Unanimity-No-3}}</ref> The design is a simple interpretation of the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] movement, designed by [[Benjamin Mountfort]],<ref name=hnz/> who was a lodge member and also designed the first lodge building.<ref name=ccc>{{citation|url=https://districtplan.ccc.govt.nz/Images/DistrictPlanImages/Statement%20of%20Significance/Banks%20Peninsula/HID%20765.pdf|date=2014-10-14|title=Statement of Significance: Former Masonic Hall—Lodge of Unanimity and Setting|author=Christchurch City Council|author-link=Christchurch City Council|access-date=2025-10-16}}</ref> The building was extended with a timber refrectory in 1896, to a design by Mountfort’s son Cyril.<ref name=hnz/><ref name=ccc/> The building interior was ornately decorated in the style typical of Masonic lodges, including symbolic imagery.<ref name=teara>{{citation|title=Story: Men’s Clubs—Masons—Lyttelton Masonic Lodge interior|language=en|work=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=2025-10-15|first=Jock|last=Phillips|date=2011-05-10|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31279/lyttelton-masonic-lodge-interior}}</ref> |
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The lodge building was listed as a Category II Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand in 1997.<ref name=hnz/> The lodge building was badly damaged during the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.<ref name=teara/><ref name=ccc/> |
The lodge building was listed as a Category II Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand in 1997.<ref name=hnz/> The lodge building was badly damaged during the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.<ref name=teara/><ref name=ccc/> |
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Latest revision as of 22:59, 15 October 2025
former Masonic Lodge in Lyttelton, New Zealand
The Lodge of Unanimity No 3 is a historic Masonic lodge in Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Freemasonry was a feature of life in Lyttelton as early as 1851, when a meeting was held to establish a lodge.[1] The warrant for the Lodge of Unanimity arrived from England in 1853, making it the first in the South Island and only the third in New Zealand.[2][1] It was initially lodge No. 879.[2] The first lodge building began construction in 1855 and opened in 1858; it was demolished in 1876.[2] Prominent local doctor and magistrate William Donald was a founding member of the lodge, and later became Grandmaster of the Canterbury Region.[3]
The second lodge building was constructed between 1876 and 1878.[2] The design is a simple interpretation of the Gothic Revival movement, designed by Benjamin Mountfort,[2] who was a lodge member and also designed the first lodge building.[1] The building was extended with a timber refrectory in 1896, to a design by Mountfort’s son Cyril.[2][1] The building interior was ornately decorated in the style typical of Masonic lodges, including symbolic imagery.[4]
The lodge building was listed as a Category II Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand in 1997.[2] The lodge building was badly damaged during the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.[4][1]
- ^ a b c d e Christchurch City Council (14 October 2014), Statement of Significance: Former Masonic Hall—Lodge of Unanimity and Setting (PDF), retrieved 16 October 2025
- ^ a b c d e f g “Lodge of Unanimity No 3”, Heritage New Zealand, retrieved 15 October 2025
- ^ “IN MEMORIAM.”, Lyttelton Times, vol. LXII, no. 7281, p. 5, 1 July 1884, retrieved 15 October 2025 – via PapersPast
- ^ a b Phillips, Jock (10 May 2011), “Story: Men’s Clubs—Masons—Lyttelton Masonic Lodge interior”, Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand, retrieved 15 October 2025
