People's Palace (Bristol)

• Theatre ID
  735
• Built / Converted
  1892
• Current state
  Façade only
• Current use
  converted to other use (Nightclub)
• Address
  Baldwin Street, Bristol, Avon, England

Details

Opened in 1892, as a music hall, built by the Livermore Brothers, the People’s Palace was said to be a replica of the People’s Palace, Dundee, by the same architect. It became a cinema in 1912 and was rebuilt by Frank Verity in 1928. In 1947 it became a Gaumont. A proposal to demolish and redevelop the site was turned down in 1974 and the building subsequently became a nightclub. The façe survives almost intact.

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• Other names
  New Palace Cinema, Gaumont, continuing Ritzy
• Events
  • 1892 Design/Construction:
    • James Hutton (Dundee) - Architect
  • 1912 Alteration: converted to cinema
    • W H Watkins - Architect
  • 1928 Alteration: rebuilt
    • Frank Verity - Architect
  • 1892 Owner/Management: (Horace & L C J Livermore) The Palace Theatre (Bristol) Ltd, owners
  • 1947 Owner/Management: Rank, lessees
• Capacities
  • Original: 3000
  • Later: 1914: 3000
• Listings
  • Grade II
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 24ft
  • Proscenium width: 32ft