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Hull New Theatre

A Grade II Listed Building in Kingston upon Hull, City of Kingston upon Hull

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Latitude: 53.7474 / 53°44'50"N

Longitude: -0.3373 / 0°20'14"W

OS Eastings: 509740

OS Northings: 429178

OS Grid: TA097291

Mapcode National: GBR GNN.C1

Mapcode Global: WHGFR.S2KG

Plus Code: 9C5XPMW7+X3

Entry Name: Hull New Theatre

Listing Date: 12 November 1973

Last Amended: 21 January 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1210061

English Heritage Legacy ID: 387638

ID on this website: 101210061

Location: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU1

County: City of Kingston upon Hull

Electoral Ward/Division: Myton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Kingston upon Hull

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Riding of Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Sculcoates All Saints

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description


This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 30/03/2017


TA 0929 SE,
680-1/18/220

KINGSTON UPON HULL,
JARRATT STREET (North side),
Hull New Theatre

(Formerly Listed as: JARRATT STREET (North side) The New Theatre)

12/11/73

GV

II

Former assembly rooms, now theatre. Designed by Charles Mountain junior, built 1830-33.
The rooms were converted into the New Theatre in 1939 by the architects R. Cromie & W.B. Wheatley.
Painted stucco. Classical Revival style. Plinth, first-floor
band, moulded cornice and entablature, coped parapet. Two
storeys; 11x5 bays. Entrance front, to Kingston Square, has
bays defined by giant pilasters and a central portico with four
giant Ionic columns on pedestals. Between the columns is a
late C20 transom decorated with a metal round arch in each
bay. The spaces above the transom are glazed. On either side,
a single blank on each floor. Within the portico, three blank
windows and below them, three round-arched windows. Below these, three
pairs of doors with segment-headed glazing. Right return, to
Jarratt Street, has a projecting central feature with four giant
engaged Ionic columns framing single blank windows on each
floor. On either side, 3-bay wings defined by giant pilasters.
To right, three 12-pane sashes and below them, three round
windows. Below these, a central sash flanked by single doors,
the left door smaller. The doors and the sash windows have
keystone lintels. To left, three blank windows and below, a door
to left and two blank windows to right, all with keystone
lintels. Projecting end bays, defined by giant pilasters. To
right, a 12-pane sash and below, a recessed door. To left, a
single blank window on each floor. INTERIOR remodelled 1938
and 1985.


Listing NGR: TA0974029178

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