Globe (Consett)

• Theatre ID
  1544
• Built / Converted
  1895
• Dates of use
  • 1896 - 1926
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Licensed premises (Working Men's Club)
• Address
  Front Street, Consett, Durham, DH8, England

Details

Replaced the Theatre in Trafalgar Street. Accommodation: stalls, dress circle, pit, circle gallery and amphitheatre. Gallery removed in 1915, and circle improved. Boxes removed and replaced by two canted alcoves with panelled sides and tops in a pagoda style. Reopened in 1916 as the Theatre Royal Cinema, but was not a success and after a few months closed to reopen as the Globe Theatre. Continued until c.1926. Local rifle and small arms shooting range set up in auditorium until 1947 when troops were billeted there. In 1956 Vaux Breweries extended the Freemasons Arms next door, underdrawing the circle with a ceiling and removing the stage to create a dance and banquetting room. Above this false ceiling the Globe Theatre remains.

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• Other names
  Royal Picture House, Globe, Theatre Royal Cinema
• Events
  • 1896 - 1926 Use:
  • 1895 Design/Construction:
    • William S Shell - Architect
  • 1915 Alteration: gallery removed and circle altered
    • J Eltringham - Architect
  • 1916 Alteration: operating box installed
    • Murray & Hurd - Architect
  • 1956 Alteration: pub extended into ground floor
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1896 Owner/Management: R Murray, owner
  • 1896 Owner/Management: Mr Hugh Robertson lessee
  • 1914 Owner/Management: Smart & Todd, owners
  • 1956 Owner/Management: Vaux Breweries
• Capacities
  • Original: 1896:1360
  • Later: 1910: 1500 1911: 1350 1912: 1460 1916:601
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Proscenium raked stage
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth 1908: 31ft Width 1908: 37ft 6in
  • Proscenium width: 1908: 21ft 6in
  • Height to grid: 1908: 40ft