Palace (Wellingborough)

• Theatre ID
  415
• Built / Converted
  1911
• Dates of use
  • 1911 - 1930
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  converted to other use (snooker hall, previously cinema)
• Address
  Gloucester Place (with Church St & Park Rd), Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England

Details

Built as a cinéariety theatre on the site of the Empire Music Hall, which was a wooden building, erected in 1910 and burnt down in 1911. The building is of red brick with a corner entrance with shop units along the two streets. There is a small squat fly tower. The building was divided in 1973 and again altered in 1982 to form two snooker halls, one on top of the other, in the stage area. Work also began in 1982 on the conversion of the stalls into a snooker hall, however, plans were modified and a twin cinema was created (now disused), with the stalls divided longitudinally. A false ceiling divided the stalls from the circle. Remains of the ornate plaster work balcony front can be seen but both boxes at circle level have been partially dismantled.

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• Other names
  Empire Music Hall (earlier wooden building on site)
• Events
  • 1911 - 1930 Use:
  • 1911 Design/Construction:
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1969 - 1970 Alteration: Array new entrance; seating capacity reduced; other improvements
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1979 Alteration: converted to triple cinema
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1990 Alteration: stalls converted to twin cinemas and former circle to snooker halls
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1912 Owner/Management: Palace Co
  • 1911 Owner/Management: W F J Hewitt, general manager
  • 1911 Owner/Management: Edward T Owen, manager
  • 1953 - 1968 Owner/Management: Palace (Wellingborough) Ltd, owners
  • 1955 Owner/Management: Len Hewitt, manager
  • 1971 Owner/Management: Robert Tysoe, manager
  • 1990 Owner/Management: Robins Cinemas, lessees
  • 1993 Owner/Management: G M Hants, owner
• Capacities
  • Original: 1000
  • Later: 1912: 1100 pre 1960: 820 1969: 690
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 32ft 1911: 35ft Width SL: 29ft 1911: 30ft Width SR: 29ft 1911: 30ft
  • Proscenium width: 31ft 1912: 24ft