Grand Theatre & Opera House (Hull)

• Theatre ID
  1225
• Built / Converted
  1893
• Dates of use
  • 1893 - 1935
• Current state
  Demolished
• Current use
  demolished (Cinema 1935-77)
• Address
  George Street, Hull, East Yorkshire, England

Details

Contemporary with Blackpool Grand; described as elaborately decorated with Rococo plasterwork and painted panels ‘carried out in Watteau treatment by Ballard’. The one illustration seen shows a density of ornament comparable with Matcham’s original (1892) Edinburgh Empire. The 1935 conversion to a cinema with one large balcony left little more than Matcham’s external walls. The façe was extensively altered, plastered over and extended at the sides. It was demolished in 1987, by which time it was nearly derelict.

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• Other names
  Dorchester Cinema
• Events
  • 1893 - 1935 Use:
  • 1893 Design/Construction:
    • Frank Matcham - Architect
  • 1893 Design/Construction:
    • Ballard - Consultant: Ceiling And Pros Paintings
  • 1935 Alteration: converted to cinema
    • Unknown - Architect
• Capacities
  • Later: 1935: 1508 (952 stalls; 556 balcony)
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 50ft Width c.80ft (wall-to-wall)