Stained Glass Window, Masonic Hall

A stained glass window in the Masonic Hall, at Beamish Open Air Museum. Originally it was built by St John’s Lodge of Sunderland, which had met in 14 different hotels and two other masonic halls between 1806 and 1870. In 1869 they laid the foundation stone with full masonic ceremony, moving into the building a year later. This was used by freemasons until the 1930s when a larger building was required.