Grand Theatre
GRAND THEATRE, ST LEONARDS GATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195050
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jul-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Grand Theatre
- Statutory Address:
- GRAND THEATRE, ST LEONARDS GATE
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195050
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jul-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Grand Theatre
- Statutory Address 1:
- GRAND THEATRE, ST LEONARDS GATE
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:
- GRAND THEATRE, ST LEONARDS GATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 47940 61857
Details
LANCASTER
SD4761NE ST LEONARD'S GATE 1685-1/7/284 (South side) 09/07/74 Grand Theatre
GV II
Theatre. Opened as 'The Theatre, Lancaster' in 1782. Bought by Edmund Sharpe, who altered the building and re-opened it as 'The Music Hall' in 1843; extended in 1857; altered and renamed 'The Athenaeum' in 1884; fly tower added in 1897 as part of alterations designed by Frank Matcham. Damaged by fire in 1908; interior rebuilt by Albert Winstanley; re-opened as 'The Grand Theatre' September 1908. Projection box on roof added in 1931. Rendered sandstone rubble with slate roof. Main facade, facing north, has chamfered quoins and is of 3 storeys and 4 bays. The windows, which do not correspond with the present floor levels, have rendered architraves which were added in 1884. On the ground floor there are 2 similar window architraves flanking a central round-arched doorway. At the left is a narrower doorway with a similar arch, and at the right an architrave to a blocked doorway. Above the eaves is the added projection box. The south-west side has 7 round-arched window openings (now blocked) with plain stone surrounds. North-east side, of squared and coursed stone, has 3 round-arched window openings. INTERIOR: curved gallery front, proscenium arch, and ceiling have fibrous plaster decoration in a 'Free Renaissance' style. (Centre for North-West Regional Studies Occasional Papers: Betjemann, AG: The Grand Theatre, Lancaster: Lancaster: 1982-).
Listing NGR: SD4794061857
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383318
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Betjemann, A G, The Grand Theatre Lancaster, (1982)
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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