Hippodrome (Whitstable)

• Theatre ID
  2459
• Built / Converted
  1910
• Dates of use
  • 1918 - 1931
• Current state
  Fragmental remains
• Current use
  converted to other use (retail units) <br> (1914-18 cinema use only)
• Address
  Harbour Street/Victoria Street, Whitstable, Kent, England

Details

The Hippodrome was a conversion of two shops to a cinéariety house by Sprague. Between 1914 and 1918 use was solely as cinema. From the 1920s the theatre became the home of ‘The Landswingers’ Concert Party. It returned to retail use in 1931. Seen today, the building is two storey, shops at street level, plain façe at first floor level. The only clues to the building’s theatrical past are the hall behind with exit doors and dock door, and the evidence of supports for a balcony within the ‘arcade’ of shops (so-called, in reality a few shops sharing a common entrance). The first floor is now converted to flats.

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• Other names
  Palais de Luxe
• Events
  • 1918 - 1931 Use:
  • Design/Construction: n.d. as two shops
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1910 Alteration: converted to ciné-variety (from designs by A A Kemp)
    • W G R Sprague - Architect
  • Owner/Management: Edwin Chinnick, owner
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed