Palace (Aberdeen)

• Theatre ID
  2307
• Built / Converted
  1898
• Dates of use
  • 1898: Until when not known.
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Licensed premises (Nightclub)
• Address
  Bridge Place, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Details

The Palace was built following destruction by fire in 1896 of the People’s Palace on the same site. The interior of the new Palace, originally with two tiers and of vigorous oriental appearance, was completely gutted to the shell walls in 1929 and rebuilt, re-opening as a cinema with one balcony in 1931. The four storey asymmetrical granite façe survives largely intact, but this is a crude design of industrial quality - plain with a pediment over the three central bays and three large doorways with thin broken segmental pediments.

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• Other names
  Including other structures on site, Cooke’s Royal Circus, Jollity Royal Vaudeville Theatre, People’s Palace, Empire Palace
• Events
  • 1898 Use: Until when not known.
  • 1898 Design/Construction:
    • John Rust - Architect
  • 1898 Owner/Management: Livermore Bros
  • 1911 Owner/Management: Fred Collins Circuit
  • 1929 Owner/Management: Jack Poole
  • 1931 Alteration: interior rebuilt as cinema
    • Marshall & Tweedie (Newcastle) - Architect
• Capacities
  • Original: 1800
• Listings
  • Grade C(s) - Only the exterior walls survive from Rust’s 1898 theatre. Building is listed as Aberdeen seeks to retain its heritage of granite frontages