Winter Gardens Pavilion

• Theatre ID
  990
• Built / Converted
  1924
• Dates of use
  • 1927: continuing
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  converted to other use (multi-purpose hall)
• Address
  Royal Parade, Weston-super-Mare, Avon, BS23 1AQ, England

Details

An impressive pavilion in Bath stone, classical style. The domed convex façe of the main pavilion, with round-headed windows set between attached, unfluted Doric columns is flanked on either side by Doric colonnaded wings with gardens behind. The Starlight Room was added in 1963. The colonnades were glassed in in 1970 and 1979, and in 1992/3 an extensive £5.5 million renovation and modernisation programme was carried out to give the Winter Gardens full conference facilities, which included the addition of the Prince Consort Hall with a concert stage. The façe has been carefully restored, as have the interior features of the ballroom, and the Italian Gardens.

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• Events
  • Owner/Management: Woodspring District Council, owners
  • 1924 Design/Construction:
    • Harold Brown (Town Surveyor) after a suggestion by T E MacFarlane - Architect
  • 1924 Design/Construction:
    • Messrs Thomas Mawson & Sons - Consultant: Landscaping & Architecture
  • 1927 Use: continuing
  • 1963 Alteration: Starlight Room added
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1970 Alteration: open colonnade to left of ballroom glassed in & canopy added
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1979 Alteration: colonnade to right of ballroom glassed in & equipped as the Terrace Room
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1992 - 1993 Alteration: Array completely restored and modernised; Prince Consort Hall added
    • Unknown - Architect
• Capacities
  • Original: 1000
  • Later: 1930: 1000 1946: 800
  • Current: 600
• Listings
  • Grade II
• Stage type
  • Pros flat Open thrust
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 4.27m
  • Proscenium width: 7.62m x 4.57m
  • Height to grid: 5.49m
  • Orchestra pit: Yes (space rather than pit)