Hippodrome (Lancaster)

• Theatre ID
  175
• Built / Converted
  1902
• Dates of use
  • 1901 - 1931
• Current state
  Façade only
• Current use
  converted to other use (Façade only, council offices behind) <br> (From 1859 used as a public hall, music hall, and cinema before alterations)
• Address
  Dalton Square, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Details

Converted from a temperance hall of 1859, itself a conversion of a very early post-RC Relief Act chapel of 1799. Interior completely reconstructed as a cinema in 1931 with one balcony and the small stage incorporated into the auditorium. Ashlar front to Dalton Square, which forms the end of a handsome terrace of houses. The side walls show the arched windows of the former chapel/temperance hall. In 1980/81 the interior was gutted for offices, the façe restored, the arches in the side elevation unblocked and windows inserted.

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• Other names
  Palatine Hall, County Cinema, Hippodrome
• Events
  • 1901 - 1931 Use:
  • 1798 - 1799 Design/Construction: built as an RC Church
    • Robert Roper (?) - Architect
  • 1859 Alteration: converted to a public hall
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1902 Alteration: converted
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1931 Alteration: rebuilt as a cinema
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1983 Alteration: gutted and converted to offices
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1908 Owner/Management: John Porter & W J Ferguson, proprietors
  • 1912 Owner/Management: John Porter, proprietor
• Capacities
  • Original: 1908: 1000
• Listings
  • Grade II - 16.5.1989
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 24ft
  • Proscenium width: 23ft
  • Height to grid: 40ft