The Queen's Theatre
THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE W1
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1236175
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Queen's Theatre
- Statutory Address:
- THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE W1
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1236175
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Queen's Theatre
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE W1
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, WARDOUR STREET W1
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:
- THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE W1
- Statutory Address:
- THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, WARDOUR STREET W1
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 29661 80884
Details
CITY OF WESTMINSTER SHAFTESBURY AVENUE Wl TQ 2980 NE The Queen's Theatre 71/29 28-6-72 GV II Theatre. 1907 by W. G. R. Sprague, the facade and front of house rebuilt 1958-59 after partial destruction by wartime bombing, by Westwood Sons and Partners in collaboration with H. Casson. Steel and glass rebuild with brick and stone sides and rear to surviving auditorium and stage parts. Rectilinear curtain wall curving round corner on 4 storeys with canopy over ground floor. Sprague's front of house block was designed as a pair to the Globe in a symmetrical composition; his auditorium survives in a modified form with 2 tiers of cantilevered balconies and domed ceiling, with much of the original Italian Renaissance style plasterwork intact forward of the balcony fronts; some surviving wooden machinery below stage. Survey of London; vol XXXI The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson
Listing NGR: TQ2966180884
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 427107
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Mander, , Mitchenson, , The Theatres of London, (1975)
Survey of London in The Parish of Westminster Part 2 North of Piccadilly: Volumes 31 and 32 , Vol. 31, (1963)
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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