Artillery Street Theatre

• Theatre ID
  1455
• Built / Converted
  1795
• Dates of use
  • 1795 - 1838
• Current state
  Fragmental remains
• Current use
  Arts Centre (was Synod Hall)
• Address
  C of I Synod Hall, Artillery Street, Derry, Derry, Northern Ireland

Details

The site of the 1795 theatre is on the corner of London Street and Artillery Street just inside the city walls and close to the Protestant Cathedral. The theatre (the first in Derry) was converted into a Presbyterian Church in 1838 with a plastered and pedimented façe to Artillery Street (which may have been the entrance side of the theatre) and is still standing. In 1879 the church was made into the Synod Hall for the Church of Ireland with the hall on the first floor. Part of original theatre shell may still remain as part of the present structure but it is impossible to trace anything definite now.

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• Other names
  Playhouse Community Arts Centre
• Events
  • 1795 - 1838 Use:
  • 1795 Design/Construction:
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1838 Alteration: converted to church
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1879 Alteration: converted into Synod Hall
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1992 Alteration: converted back to arts centre
    • Unknown - Architect
  • Owner/Management:
• Listings
  • Grade Unknown