The London Hippodrome, Crown Public House, and 7-10 Cranbourn Street
7-10, Cranbourn Street WC2
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1066287
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jan-1970
- List Entry Name:
- The London Hippodrome, Crown Public House, and 7-10 Cranbourn Street
- Statutory Address:
- 7-10, Cranbourn Street WC2
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1066287
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jan-1970
- List Entry Name:
- The London Hippodrome, Crown Public House, and 7-10 Cranbourn Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- 7-10, Cranbourn Street WC2
- Statutory Address 2:
- Crown Public House, 43, Charing Cross Road WC2
- Statutory Address 3:
- The London Hippodrome Theatre, Charing Cross Road WC2
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 7-10, Cranbourn Street WC2
- Statutory Address:
- Crown Public House, 43, Charing Cross Road WC2
- Statutory Address:
- The London Hippodrome Theatre, Charing Cross Road WC2
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 29934 80839
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 February 2021 to correct an error and remove superfluous source details from the text and to reformat the text to current standards
TO 2980 NE
71/60
CITY OF WESTMINSTER WC2
CHARING CROSS ROAD (west side)
The London Hippodrome Theatre and No 43 (Crown public house) (including Nos 7 to 10 consec, Cranbourn Street)
9.1.70
GV.
II
Theatre block including shops, chambers and the Crown public house at No. 43. 1895 to 1900 by Frank Matcham. Red sandstone, leaded and slated roofs. Ornate, freely handled French Renaissance with theatrically Baroque skyline. Island block of five storeys. Five bays wide to Charing Cross Road, canted corner and eight-bay return to Cranbourn Street. Pub front and shops and canopied corner entrance to theatre on ground floor. Balustraded first floor with windows flanked by volute-like caryatids. Shallow canted bay windows through two floors above. Sill, string courses and cornices with balustraded parapet broken by two shaped pediments, that to Cranbourn Street central but off centre to Charing Cross Road where the small end pavilion retains its cupola. The canted corner, its upper floor windows obscured by large hoarding, is finished off by an openwork metal cupola appropriately, given the theatre's name, supporting a biga. The parapets were also originally crowned with gladiatorial statues. The interior with arena form auditorium much altered.
Listing NGR: TQ2993480839
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 209098
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Mander, , Mitchenson, , The Theatres of London, (1975)
Survey of London in The Parish of St Anne Soho: Volumes 33 and 34 , Vol. 34, (1966)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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