Coutts

• Theatre ID
  854
• Built / Converted
  1863
• Dates of use
  • 1863 - 1912
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  converted to other use (Restaurant etc)
• Address
  Park Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Details

Built in 1863 behind the Royal George Tavern, it was said to have been designed after the fashion of the London concert rooms of the time. It reopened in 1890 as the Canterbury with ‘new scenery and decorations’, became Coutts in 1897 and fell into disuse in 1901. In 1912 it became the Bull Ring Cinema. Now a restaurant and karate club. The interior has been gutted and subdivided, with the loss of all original features (a great pity, since so little is known of the physical nature of music halls of this early date outside London). Exterior survives almost intact in the form of a plain, rectangular brick structure with a pitched roof. Street elevation is one of the long sides, in six rendered bays, relieved by a blind arch in each bay.

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• Other names
  London Museum Concert Hall/Music Hall, Canterbury, Pavilion, London Music Hall, Coutts Theatre (briefly as Palace of Delight), Bull Ring Cinema
• Events
  • 1863 - 1912 Use:
  • 1863 Design/Construction:
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1912 Alteration: converted to cinema
    • Unknown - Architect
  • Alteration: n.d. converted to restaurant and karate club
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1863 Owner/Management: George Biber, proprietor
  • 1886 Owner/Management: Donald McInnes, proprietor
  • 1886 Owner/Management: A MacGreggor, proprietor
  • 1893 Owner/Management: Manning & Co, proprietor & manager
  • 1896 Owner/Management: Harry Ashmore, proprietor
  • 1897 Owner/Management: Willian Coutts, proprietor
  • 1912 Owner/Management: Mark Lyons, proprietor
• Capacities
  • Original: 900
  • Later: 1897: 700 1912: 480
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Building dimensions: 1897 auditorium width c.36ft; Side gallery width c.8ft
  • Stage dimensions: 1863 Depth: c.11ft Width SR: c.10ft
  • Proscenium width: 1897: 20ft
  • Inside proscenium: 1897: c.44ft