The Salford City Council's document entitled "The Crescent - Conservation Area Appraisal" describes Hemsley House as follows, "The Masonic Hall at 41-42 The Crescent was built in the 1920s and replaced two of the original Georgian houses. The building makes an effort to respect its Georgian context with a stripped down classical facade largely faced in ashlared limestone. Full height red brick recesses are separated by limestone pilasters and have windows in elaborate stone surrounds to the ground floor. ...



 ... The Freemasons’ enclosed world is expressed in the plain brickwork of the tall blind upper storey that houses the lodge meeting hall. ...


 ... An imposing central entrance features a pilastered porch surmounted by an arched window with acanthus enriched mouldings, flanked by lions’ head masks and pendant foliate decoration. A parapet hides the roof."

As the sign on the side of the building indicates, Hemsley House offers a variety of function rooms for all occasions including weddings.

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