Park Palace

• Theatre ID
  1889
• Built / Converted
  1893
• Dates of use
  • 1911 - 1920: (occasional)
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  disused (ciné-variety from 1911 closed 1959, later became factory)
• Address
  Mill Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Details

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.

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• Other names
  Park Palace of Varieties, Park Palace Kinemadrome, Park Palace Cinema
• Events
  • 1911 - 1920 Use: (occasional)
  • 1893 Design/Construction:
    • J H Havelock-Sutton - Architect
  • 1911 Alteration: converted for cinema use
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1959 Alteration: became a factory, much altered, floor inserted at circle level
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1893 Design/Construction:
    • Mr T Holmes (of Shakespeare Theatre) - Consultant: Act Drop
  • 1893 Owner/Management: J S Childs
  • 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
  • 1934 Owner/Management: Sheila Dunn
  • 1959 Owner/Management: factory owner?
• Capacities
  • Original: 1100
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed