Lyceum Theatre (Sunderland)

• Theatre ID
  1671
• Built / Converted
  1854
• Dates of use
  • 1852 - 1880
• Current state
  Demolished
• Current use
  demolished
• Address
  Lambton Street, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England

Details

Originally a public hall called the Lyceum, with eighteen rooms, a Mechanics’ Institute room, lecture rooms and a large hall, 90ft long by 48ft wide, fitted with a gallery etc to hold 1800, opened in August 1852. The large hall was converted to a theatre by Edward D Davis and opened in September 1854; gutted by fire in December 1855; rebuilt and reopened in September 1856 as the new Royal Lyceum Theatre and destroyed by fire August 1880. Salvation Army Hall built on site.

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• Other names
  Lyceum Public Hall, (New) Royal Lyceum Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Royal Lyceum Amphitheatre
• Events
  • 1852 - 1880 Use:
  • 1852 Design/Construction: as Lyceum Public Hall
    • Joseph Potts (Sunderland) - Architect
  • 1854 - 1880 Owner/Management: Edward D Davis, owner
  • 1854 Alteration: converted to theatre
    • E D Davis - Architect
  • 1856 Alteration: assistant architect and superintendent of works Joseph Potts, unspecified works
    • Thomas Moore (Sunderland) - Architect
  • 1856 Design/Construction:
    • Messrs Johnson Saunders - Consultant: Decoration ‘from The Pen Of James Lindsay’
    • Mr Patterson - Consultant: Mr Hope, Mouldings
    • Mr T Watson - Consultant: Stage
  • 1867 Owner/Management: Clarance Holt, lessee and manager
  • 1868 - 1869 Owner/Management: T Sennett, lessee
  • 1873 - 1875 Owner/Management: Alfred Davis, lessee and manager
  • 1879 Owner/Management: Henry Hampton, lessee and manager
  • 1880 Owner/Management: E D Davis, proprietor
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Building dimensions: d: 106ft 9in; w: 48ft, extended to 72ft
  • Inside proscenium: 30ft