Empire Palace (Maryport)

• Theatre ID
  2065
• Built / Converted
  1911
• Dates of use
  • 1911 - 1924
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  converted to other use (Carpet warehouse/retail) <br> (cinema until 1974 with occasional amateur use)
• Address
  Senhouse Street, Maryport, Cumbria, England

Details

A cinéariety house. Façe of banded brick with central segmental pediment. Interior almost completely stripped. Bare remains of proscenium arch; fly floors marooned. Two ornamental arches in foyer. Auditorium floor levelled and concreted. Small segment of ceiling above circle area (circle removed) shows plain barrel vault with very slight Art Deco motif with ornamental ventilation ducts. Balcony was flat-fronted, there were no boxes, and approximately six to seven rows of seats. Very fine iron and glass canopy with EMPIRE ELECTRIC THEATRE now absent and lower half of façe obscured by projecting shop front and glazed addition. Façe and fly tower, nevertheless, seem to be intact. Walls were replastered on outer shell - ceiling mainly demolished showing timber roof. Dressing rooms were in separate block.

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• Events
  • 1911 - 1924 Use:
  • 1911 Design/Construction:
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1911 - 1974 Owner/Management: Graves Bros
• Capacities
  • Later: 1956: 850
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Proscenium
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 23ft