Kings (Birmingham)

• Theatre ID
  1719
• Built / Converted
  1923
• Dates of use
  • 1923 - 1962: (limited live use)
• Current state
  Demolished
• Current use
  converted to other use (last known use was as amusement arcade)
• Address
  Long Lane, Blackheath, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Details

Built in 1923 as cinema and theatre, but live use seems to have been limited. The façe was of three bays, each of two storeys with the centre bay significantly larger than those which flank it. The centre bay had a shaped gable. The interior had been all but destroyed by 1994. The circle remained but the stage area was declared unsafe in c.1987 and demolished. It is not known whether any of the building now survives.

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• Events
  • 1923 - 1962 Use: (limited live use)
  • Design/Construction: n.d.
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1923 Owner/Management: Thomas Cooper, owner
  • 1975 Owner/Management: Sun Valley Amusements Ltd, owner
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Raked
• Dimensions
  • Building dimensions: aud+former stage c.110ft; interior w: 44ft 6in
  • Orchestra pit: Original 6-9