Grand (Derby)

• Theatre ID
  117
• Built / Converted
  1886
• Dates of use
  • 1886 - 1950
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  converted to other use (façade only - restaurant at ground floor level; previously dance hall)
• Address
  Babbington Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Details

Only the main 1886 façe survives. The remainder was completely reconstructed as a dance hall in 1959. A symmetrical design, stuccoed and of nine bays and three storeys with an attic storey above the entablature. Wider end bays have giant Corinthian pilasters to first and second floors framing tripartite windows. Three central bays also articulated by pilasters with oeil-de-boeuf windows above in the attic.

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• Other names
  Tiffanys, Ritzy, later: McClusky’s
• Events
  • 1886 - 1950 Use:
  • 1886 Design/Construction: original building and rebuilding after fire
    • Oliver Essex - Architect
  • 1892 Alteration: safety curtain installed; whole of proscenium strengthened to take weight
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1893 Alteration: new entrance canopy; auditorium altered
    • Frank Matcham - Architect
  • 1897 Alteration: electricity installed in part of building
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1900 Alteration: auditorium reconstructed; other improvements and additions
    • Frank Matcham - Architect
  • 1931 Alteration: seating altered
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1959 Alteration: auditorium rebuilt as dance hall
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1886 Design/Construction:
    • Binns & Sons (Halifax) - Consultant: Interior Decorations
    • A R Dean - Consultant: Upholstery And Carpets
    • D B Young - Consultant: House Curtain
  • 1886 Owner/Management: Andrew Melville
  • 1893 Owner/Management: Wallace Revill
  • 1898 Owner/Management: Alice Revill (Mrs Wallace Revill)
  • 1900 - 1908 Owner/Management: Fred Purcell
  • 1946 Owner/Management: Coliseum Syndicate (Prince Littler)
• Capacities
  • Later: 1908: 2500 1946: 1435
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Rake
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: 1912 d: 11.27m (37ft) w: 18.28m (60ft)
  • Proscenium width: 1912: 9.75m x 6.4m (32ft x 21ft) 1946: 9.14m x 6.09m (30ft x 20ft)
  • Height to grid: 1912: 18.58m (61ft) 1946: 19.5m (64ft)
  • Orchestra pit: 18
• Latest news
  For sale (March 2005)