New Princes

• Theatre ID
  2157
• Built / Converted
  1929
• Dates of use
  • 1929 - 1977: (cinema with occasional theatre)
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Bingo
• Address
  Russell Street, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, England

Details

A cinéariety of 1929. Flank wall, red brick with stone dressings, faces Russell Street with original main entrance at one end set behind a pair of Doric columns with a semi-circular arch and parapet with central tablet over. Bay to right of entrance rises an additional storey and has arched, balustraded balcony, off-centre at first floor. Stage house and large fly tower. Interior not seen but said to have false ceiling at first balcony level, stage and stalls levelled, but proscenium arch untouched. Bingo entrance has been moved to the other flank of the building, by the railway station.

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• Other names
  Princes, Crown, Gaumont, Classic
• Events
  • 1929 - 1977 Use: (cinema with occasional theatre)
  • 1929 Design/Construction:
    • George Bell of Dixon & Bell - Architect
  • 1929 Design/Construction:
    • Blackett & Howdon - Consultant: Organ
    • Decorative Plaster Co (Newcastle) - Consultant: Plasterwork
    • M. Alexander & Sons (Newcastle) - Consultant: Decorators
    • Hall & Dixon - Consultant: Curtains And Stage Equipment
• Capacities
  • Original: 2000 claimed 1600 actual
  • Later: 1948: 1470
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed