Theatre Royal
THEATRE ROYAL, GUILDHALL WALK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1104328
- Date first listed:
- 30-Oct-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Theatre Royal
- Statutory Address:
- THEATRE ROYAL, GUILDHALL WALK
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1104328
- Date first listed:
- 30-Oct-1969
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Mar-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Theatre Royal
- Statutory Address 1:
- THEATRE ROYAL, GUILDHALL WALK
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:
- THEATRE ROYAL, GUILDHALL WALK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Portsmouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 64002 00048
Details
PORTSMOUTH
SU6300 GUILDHALL WALK, Landport 774-1/8/270 (West side) 30/10/69 Theatre Royal (Formerly Listed as: LANDPORT COMMERCIAL ROAD Theatre Royal)
GV II*
Theatre, formerly hall. Built as Landport Hall 1854, converted to theatre 1856, substantially rebuilt 1884 by CJ Phipps, reconstructed 1900 by Frank Matcham, restoration work in progress from 1980. Grey and red brick in English bond, stone dressings and iron balcony. Welsh slated hipped roof. EXTERIOR: 3-storey facade with attic at centre. 5 bays. Across front is a projecting 2-storey iron and glass shelter with curved ends, arcaded with 5 fretted round-arched openings, flanking paired and enriched iron Corinthian columns, basket arched opening at each end, moulded iron cornice. On first floor are 5 paired windows each with two 2-leaf fixed casements set under round iron arch with centre dividing column and flanking paired pilasters, ornate patterned aprons. On left and right return and to each of the recessed flanking curved wings is a similar round-headed casement with fretted iron balustraded balcony; band cornice and similar balustrade over with splayed rooflight over centre 3 bays. Ground floor facade is faced in black marble and has six 2-leaf entrance doors with fanlight; each leaf has 2 moulded lower panels, 2 oval middle panels and glazed upper panel. Plasterwork above imposts has decorated panels. First floor has rusticated stone quoin strips, moulded band then fluted stone Corinthian pilasters to quoins and flanking the centre 3 bays to second floor. On each side of iron rooflight, high level first floor, is a 2-leaf casement set under flat stone arch with flanking paired pilasters, moulded band, moulded stone head panel and second floor sillband between pilasters. Second floor has five 2-leaf 6-pane casements each with stone architrave and pediment. Entablature and moulded stone eaves cornice. Centre 3 bays have facing stone dentilled pediment with relief carvings within tympanum and at centre is a half round fixed attic casement with moulded stone architrave and keystone. INTERIOR: decoration of 1900 is intact and unaltered with nautical theme having seafaring emblems such as ships prows between the boxes, Dolphin's anchors and mermaids, life belts and shells on the dress circle with military emblems on the
upper circle. (Balfour A: Portsmouth: London: 1070-: 67; Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 109, 110, 111; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 460).
Listing NGR: SU6401300094
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 474695
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lloyd, D W, Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 109-111
Balfour, A, Portsmouth, (1970), 67
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 460
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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