Ladywood Palace

• Theatre ID
  945
• Built / Converted
  1883
• Dates of use
  • 1883 - 1910
• Current state
  Demolished
• Current use
  demolished
• Address
  23 Morville Street, Ladywood, Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Details

Opened about 1883 in conjunction with the Steam Clock Tavern. Little information is known of this hall as it did not advertise in the local press. About 1894 became the Ladywood Palace and first appears in Kelly’s Directories in that year. In April 1910 it opened as the Ladywood Picture Palace, the newspaper advertisement announcing the venue as the ‘Late Steam Clock’ as opposed to the Ladywood Palace. Closed in 1914 on opening of another nearby cinema in Ledsham Street.

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• Other names
  Steam Clock Music Hall
• Events
  • 1883 - 1910 Use:
  • 1883 Design/Construction: opened in conjunction with Steam Clock Tavern
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1894 Alteration: became Ladywood Palace
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1910 Alteration: opened as Ladywood Picture Palace
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1884 - 1887 Owner/Management: W R Inshaw, proprietor
  • Owner/Management: Thomas Hall, proprietor
  • 1894 Owner/Management: Mrs Ellen Rudge, lessee
  • 1895 - 1902 Owner/Management: Gus Levaine, lessees
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Unreliable anecdotes
  Some references give 1895 for this property probably because it first appears in the 1895 Kelly’s directory but as this volume was published in December 1894 the earlier date should be favoured. Price in ‘Birmingham Theatres, Concert & Music Halls’ gives the date to the cinema as June 1910 but this is wrong.