Palace Theatre Of Varieties

• Theatre ID
  78
• Built / Converted
  1906
• Dates of use
  • 1906: Until when not known.
• Current state
  Fragmental remains
• Current use
  disused (Outer walls remain)
• Address
  Botchergate, Carlisle, Cumbria, England

Details

Plain brick, gabled front with arched windows - of no merit, and hidden behind a row of shops with access through a passageway. Interior originally had two balconies. No other description yet found. It became, for a time, a United Services Club and was later gutted (? in the 1970s) to form a 4-screen multiplex. Outer shell remains, now (2004) disused and boarded up.

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• Other names
  Palace Talkies, New Palace
• Events
  • 1906 Use: Until when not known.
  • 1906 Design/Construction:
    • Owen & Ward - Architect
  • 1909 Alteration: minor alterations
    • Unknown - Architect
  • Alteration: n.d. converted to four-screen multiplex
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1906 Owner/Management: Palace Theatres (Carlisle) Ltd
  • 1909 - 1912 Owner/Management: Palace Theatres (Carlisle) Ltd; Frank Macnaghten, lessee and manager
  • Owner/Management: later: Star Cinemas
• Capacities
  • Later: 1912: 1600
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 10.05m (33ft) Width: 18.28m (60ft)
  • Proscenium width: 9.14m (30ft)
  • Height to grid: 15.23m (50ft)