Royal Victoria Pavilion

• Theatre ID
  2169
• Built / Converted
  1904
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  converted to other use (Casino)
• Address
  Harbour Parade, Ramsgate, Kent, England

Details

An unusual work for an architect better known in other fields (although he designed the present auditoria at London, Haymarket and Liverpool Playhouse). The exterior is comparatively little altered, a long, low building with a distinctly French seaside flavour. Single storey base, open as a colonnade with iron columns toward the sea, enclosed at the ends with Greek Doric columns engaged to the piers of (now blind) arcade. On the town side the entrances have been altered but domes flanked by reclining figures are still present. The platform above the ground storey is enclosed on all sides by an ornamental iron balustrade. The main block is set back, rising above the platform with a boldly curved, metal clad roof with a robust crowning moulding. The interior (which was said to be derived from Gabriel’s theatre at Versailles, 1770) had been altered at various times before it was finally gutted in 1976 to house a club.

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• Other names
  Pavilion Theatre, Club Tiberius, since Grosvenor Casino
• Events
  • 1904 Design/Construction:
    • S D Adshead - Architect
  • 1976 Alteration: converted to club
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1908 Owner/Management: M Jules Richeux, proprietor
  • 1912 Owner/Management: Ramsgate Corporation
• Capacities
  • Later: 1908: 2000
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: was 21ft
  • Proscenium width: was 30ft