Shakespeare (Kendal)

• Theatre ID
  171
• Built / Converted
  1829
• Dates of use
  • 1829 - 1834
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Religious centre (Church)
• Address
  Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, England

Details

Sited at the end of a long narrow yard of the Shakespeare Hotel, the theatre closed in 1834 when it was converted into a ballroom. Later the interior was gutted and it became a store. A simple rectangular building of stone with a pitched roof. Three bay gabled front with a central arched doorway reached by a flight of five steps and flanked by plain sash windows. Single doors similarly flank the steps at basement level. A single square window in the gable above which there is, remarkably, a chimney stack. Redevelopment at the rear may affect access. In September 1988 a tree fell onto the roof causing damage but repairs were carried out by the local Civic Society and the building is now in use as a church.

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• Other names
  New
• Events
  • Owner/Management:
  • 1829 - 1834 Use:
  • 1829 Design/Construction:
    • John Richardson - Architect
  • 1834 Alteration: converted to ballroom
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1840 Alteration: later (unknown date) - gutted and converted to store
    • Unknown - Architect
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Raked