Park Palace
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.
- 1911 - 1920: (occasional)
Further details
- 1893 Design/Construction:Mr T Holmes (of Shakespeare Theatre)- Consultantact 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 useUnknown- 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 levelUnknown- Architect
- CapacityOriginalDescription1100
- ListingNot listed