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Park Palace

1889

This was a music hall of 1100 capacity. It had a simple rectangular auditorium, with one balcony around three sides and two boxes decorated with fibrous plaster enrichments, and fitted with tall oval bevelled mirrors, each with brass gas brackets. There may once have been a gallery. The proscenium was flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters with bulbous acanthus leaf bases, a straight entablature and broken triangular pediment. After a visit by King Edward VII the Royal coat of arms was installed above the proscenium.

After 1959, the Palace was used as a factory. The boxes and balcony etc were removed and a floor inserted but the proscenium ornament remains. The exterior was very plain with no fly tower and was much altered in latter years. It is currently in use as a horse riding school.

Built / Converted
1893
Dates of use
  • 1911 - 1920: (occasional)
Current state
Extant
Current use
Disused (ciné-variety from 1911closed 1959, later became factory, currently a horse riding school)
Address
Mill Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Website-
Further details
Other names
Park Palace of Varieties , Park Palace Kinemadrome , Park Palace Cinema
Events
  • 1893 Design/Construction:
    Mr T Holmes (of Shakespeare Theatre)
    - Consultant
    act drop
  • 1893 Owner/Management: J S Childs
  • 1893 Design/Construction:
    J H Havelock-Sutton
    - Architect
  • 1895 Owner/Management: by James Kiernan
  • 1896 Owner/Management: Kiernan’s Palaces of Variety (Liverpool) Ltd
  • 1897 Owner/Management: Dunn family and various lessees
  • 1911 Owner/Management: Peter Dunn, Park Palace (Liverpool) Ltd
  • 1911 Alteration: converted for cinema use
    Unknown
    - Architect
  • 1911 - 1920 Use: (occasional)
  • 1934 Owner/Management: Sheila Dunn
  • 1959 Owner/Management: factory owner?
  • 1959 Alteration: became a factory, much altered, floor inserted at circle level
    Unknown
    - Architect
Capacities
  • Capacity
    Original
    Description
    1100
Listings
  • Listing
    Not listed
Stage type
-
Building dimensions: -
Stage dimensions: -
Proscenium width: -
Height to grid: -
Inside proscenium: -
Orchestra pit: -