Crouch End Hippodrome

• Theatre ID
  2418
• Built / Converted
  1896
• Dates of use
  • 1896 - 1915
• Current state
  Fragmental remains
• Current use
  converted to other use (pre-1914 fragment only)
• Address
  31 Topsfield Parade, Tottenham Lane, Haringey, London, N8, England

Details

Built 1896, by E Edmondson and Son of Highbury as a public hall with an orchestra at one end and a proscenium stage at opposite end, the whole open on one side to a huge supper room. Converted (perhaps before completion) to opera house with theatrical auditorium, balcony and boxes by Frank Matcham. Adapted to cinema use about 1915, with alterations over the years. Severely damaged in World War II and never reopened. The Matcham façe has been replaced by a plain commercial infill building. All that remains is part of the backstage structure, a brick building of no visual interest, now used for storage.

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• Other names
  Crouch End Public Hall or Queens Hall, Crouch End Opera House, by Hippodrome
• Events
  • 1896 - 1915 Use:
  • 1896 - 0 Design/Construction: construction commenced as Public Hall.
    • E Edmondson & Son - Architect
  • 1896 - 0 Design/Construction: conversion to Opera House.
    • Frank Matcham - Architect
  • 1913 - 0 Alteration: unspecified alterations.
    • John Tarver with Norfolk and Prior - Architect
  • 1920 - 0 Alteration: unspecified alterations.
    • E A Stone - Architect
  • 1926 - 0 Alteration: unspecified alterations.
    • W C Thomerson - Architect
  • 1929 - 0 Alteration: unspecified alterations.
    • W E Trent - Architect
  • 1933 - 0 Alteration: unspecified alterations (architect unknown).
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed