1732 - New Inn, High Street, Exeter - No name - No number
1734 - The Lodge of The New Inn, Exeter - No. 97 (recorded as such in
Pine’s
engraved list of 1734)
The New Inn was situated
N.E. of and next to St Stephens Church in the High St. It belonged to
the Chamber (Council) and was rebuilt in 1688 at a reputed cost of
£755. It was insured for £1000 in 1729 when it was
leased at a rent of £200 per year.
It later formed part of the premises occupied by Bobbys Ltd (formerly
Greens which was destroyed by enemy action in May 1942).
1740 - New Inn, High Street, Exeter - No. 86
1759 - New Inn, High Street, Exeter - No. 239*
1764 - New Inn, High Street, Exeter - No. 239
1769 - New Coffee House Tavern, St. Peters Churchyard - St
John’s Lodge - No. 239
1770 - White Swan Inn, High Street (demolished about 1834 to form Queen
St) - No. 48 #
1773 - Half Moon Inn, demolished 1912 to widen the entrance to Bedford
Circus, which was
itself destroyed by enemy action in 1942
1778 - The Phoenix Inn (demolished during the construction of Queen
Street - not to
be confused with the later Phoenix Inn which stood in GoldSmith
Street) - No. 48
1779 - The Phoenix Inn - No. 48
1780 - The Phoenix Inn - No. 38
1781 - Bro. Furlong’s house Gandy Lane - No. 38
1781 - Private Room, Theatre Lane - No. 38
1784 - Thompson’s Hotel (now Royal Clarence) - No. 38
1792 - No. 35
1803 -1820 - The Globe Tavern, St Mary’s Churchyard
(demolished by enemy action 1942) - No. 35 /
53
1814 - St John’s Lodge - No. 53
1820 - W. Harvey’s Gunsmiths, South Street - St John The
Baptist - No. 53
1821 -1824 - Half Moon Inn, High Street - St John The Baptist - No. 53
1824 -1828 - Globe Tavern, St. Mary’s Churchyard - St John The
Baptist - No. 53
1828 - Congdon’s Public Rooms, London Inn Square - St John
The Baptist - No. 53
1830 - White Lion, St. Sidwell’s - St John The Baptist - No.
53
1832 - St John The Baptist - No. 46
1833
- Three Tuns High St - St John The Baptist - No. 46
1834
- George Commercial Inn
(corner of North St and Paul St) - St John The Baptist - No. 46
1843
- Tuckers Hall, 140 Fore
Street Hill - St John The Baptist - No. 46
1863
- St John The Baptist - No. 39
1843
-1875 - Tuckers Hall,
140 Fore Street Hill, which our minutes record we left because
“
the
hall had been untenable for some time past due to its dilapidated
state”.
1875
- Royal Public Rooms,
London Inn Square - St John The Baptist - No. 39
1876
- Freemason’s Hall, 27
Gandy Street - St John The Baptist - No. 39 **
1895
- Royal Public Rooms,
London Inn Square, after the fire at Gandy Street
1896
- Freemason’s Hall, 27
Gandy Street
1942
- June and July, The
Great Hall, The Deanery after damage by enemy action.
1942
- September, Gandy Street (The
Refectory until Nov 1946)
1946
- Restoration of the
Lodge Room, Gandy Street
In
the opinion of the
notable Masonic historian Bro. W. J. Hughan had it not been for the
Union our number would be 19.
The
Installation banquet
was usually held at the Rougemount Hotel in the early 1900s, and
refreshments after labour were generally provided, but not in June,
July and September.
*
Erased 29th
November 1754; Restored 5th
February 1759 as No 239.
#
Reinstated close to the
correct position (we should now be 37) in 1770.
**
Gandy St was jointly
purchased by Semper Fidelis, St George’s and St John The
Baptist in
1876 the first official lodge meeting held there
was St John
The Baptist on 26th
April 1877, following the consecration ceremony held on 23rd
April.