The Gordon Centre boasts a large hall with adjoining, fully equipped kitchen and a fully stocked bar. This makes the Gordon Centre ideal for private and public functions. The Centre is often used for charitable events, being of great interest to all Freemasons. One such event being the regular blood giving held at the hall.
Gordon Centre ground was bought by the
Gordon Masonic Lodge
In July 1926 the ground the Gordon Centre now stands on was bought by the Gordon Masonic Lodge at a cost of £528 plus a further £25 to clear elm trees from the site.
By 1928 the fund-raising had been started and plans were drawn up for the Gordon Centre at an estimated cost of £2,800 after the original plans were scaled down as they were considered too expensive at £3,300.
The company Bognor Freemasons Hall Limited was set-up to handle the building of the new premises on 2nd March 1929. The Gordon Lodge handed over the land title deeds to Freemasons' Hall Limited for £1 in exchange for 700 shares.
fund-raising
had been started and plans were drawn up
The foundation
stone was laid
on 13th May 1929
The foundation stone was laid on 13th May 1929 in the presence of 27 provincial Officers who carried their banner and standard, and over 150 Masons dressed in full Masonic regalia. The masons met at the Royal Norfolk Hotel and had lunch before proceeding to Canada Grove for the stone laying ceremony.
Many alterations have been made to the building since it was built 1929 that include the extention of the bar area, enlargement of the dinning hall in 1952, a new kitchen being built with the blue room above in 1978 and the installation of a lift in June 2009.
Many alterations
have been made to the building
