The County

• Theatre ID
  671
• Built / Converted
  1912
• Dates of use
  • 1912: Until when not known.
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Licensed premises (Nightclub)
• Address
  Dean Street, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales

Details

Former Tabernacle chapel of c.1850, converted to a theatre in 1912. This was done by adding a brick fly-tower to one side of the square-shaped stone chapel and a small stuccoed foyer etc on another side. The auditorium (approximately 800 seats in 1970) was square on plan and had an unusual five-sided balcony which may have survived from the chapel, with six steeply raked rows of seating. A short central section faced the stage linked by canted sections to side arms at right angles to the proscenium. The proscenium was an elliptically shaped arch with a cartouche above the centre. Original flat chapel ceiling. After some time as a cinema and later a bingo hall The County was converted to a nightclub, ‘The Octagon’, which specialises in such spectacular lighting effects that it was necessary to install a separate generator which is housed in an extension at the right side of the façe and extends across the forecourt.

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• Events
  • 1912 Use: Until when not known.
  • 1850 Design/Construction: as a chapel
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1912 Alteration: converted to theatre
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1984 Owner/Management: University of North Wales, proprietor
• Capacities
  • Original: 1200
  • Later: 1984: 343
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed