The first record of Freemasonry in Staines was a meeting in 1872, of the Bard of Avon Lodge at the Angel
and Crown, in Staines High Street. In 1876 Musgrave Lodge was formed, also meeting at the Angel and Crown,
subsequently moving to the School room attached to the Congregational Church, which was in Thames Street,
and finally to its current home in Twickenham. Staines Lodge was established at Staines Town Hall in 1895,
with meeting in the council Chambers, followed by a dinner at the Pack Horse Hotel.

The concept of a specialist Masonic Centre in Staines was first considered by Staines Lodge in 1914 and in
1927 in association with Spelthorne Lodge and London Stone Chapter, part of the premises of M & H Ashby
Wine Merchants in Tothill Street was purchased for £ 1.280. The wine vault was initially converted to provide
a Lodge Rom, a dinning room and a bar. The Lodge Room is particularly notable, with its domed roof,
painted ceiling containing Masonic symbolism and Jacobean style floral design frieze.

The Hall was opened in1928 and was visited in July of that year by HRH the Duke of York, KG
(later HM King George V1) who was the Provincial grand Master. The Staines Masonic Hall has been
extended over the years, with imp[roved facilities and is highly regarded as the first Masonic Centre to have
been completely modernised. Over recent years its environment has been completely transformed with the
Staines Town Centre Development and now stands adjacent to a multi storey car park, but continues to
provide first class facilities for 39 Lodges as well as many other Masonic Orders.