Harrow Coliseum
- Theatre ID276
- Built / Converted1940
- Dates of use
- 1940 - 1956
- Current stateDemolished
- Current usedemolished (Gateway supermarket on site)
- AddressStation Road, Greenhill, Harrow, London, HA1, England
Details
Built as a cinema. Front with twin towers, each with cupola. Converted to Coliseum Theatre in 1940 by division of cinema auditorium to provide a stage. Closed June 1956 and demolished 1958.
- Other namesElectric Coliseum, Coliseum Theatre
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Events
- 1940 - 1956 Use:
- 1920 Design/Construction:
- Stanley H Birdwood - Architect
- 1940 - 0 Design/Construction: conversion to theatre.
- A J Butcher - Architect
- 1920 Owner/Management: Alfred Denville MP (and heirs until 1956)
- 1958 - 0 Demolition:
- Capacities
- Original: 1800
- Later: 1956: 1173
- Listings
- Grade Not listed
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Dimensions
- Stage dimensions: Depth: 60ft Width: 65ft
- Height to grid: 56ft
- Unreliable anecdotesDates given in some press accounts of cinema opening in 1919 and theatre in 1939 are incorrect




