The Vaudeville Theatre
THE VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, 403, STRAND WC2
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1264459
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Vaudeville Theatre
- Statutory Address:
- THE VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, 403, STRAND WC2
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1264459
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Vaudeville Theatre
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, 403, STRAND 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:
- THE VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, 403, STRAND 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 30389 80716
Details
CITY OF WESTMINSTER STRAND WC2 TQ 3080 NW No 403 (The 72/107 Vaudeville Theatre) 28-6-72 II Theatre. 1869-70 by C. J. Phipps, the front and foyer block rebuilt by Phipps 1890, the auditorium redecorated and modified at the same time; the auditorium gutted and redesigned 1925-26 by Robert Atkinson, c.f. Nos 9 and 10 Maiden Lane, for the Gatti Brothers. Portland stone front, slate roof. Eclectic classical design derived from Phipps' Shaftesbury Theatre. 4 storeys. 5 windows wide. Arcaded ground floor grouped doorways, with mid C20 alterations, under 1927 canopy. 1st floor has pilastered arcaded loggia, glazed in with sashes, c1980, rising from a pseudo- pedestal pierced by balustrades; 2nd and 3rd floor windows in moulded architraves, those of 3 central 2nd floor windows surmounted by panels with small pediments. Crowning dentil cornice and blocking course flanked by urn finialed dies. The foyer retains Phipps' 1890 scheme of stucco walls articulated by pilasters. The auditorium retains the fan-shaped panelled ceiling of Phipps' 1869-70 decoration and the cornice of his 1890 redecoration but the rest of the auditorium dates from Robert Atkinson's remodelling of 1925-26 and is oblong with seats almost parallel with stage, the decoration in the neo-Adam taste. For Atkinson's dressing room/stage/administrative block see Nos 9 and 10 Maiden Lane. Survey of London; vol XXXVI The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson.
Listing NGR: TQ3038980716
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 427800
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Mander, , Mitchenson, , The Theatres of London, (1975)
Survey of London in The Parish of St Paul Covent Garden: Volume 36, Vol. 36, (1970)
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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