Houghton-le-Spring, Newbottle Street, Empire Theatre

HER Number:
15970

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Newbottle Street, Empire Theatre

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific:
Theatre

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Opened in August 1911, next door to the Gaiety Theatre. The building is now Empire House and is occupied by Houghton Carpet Centre and Houghton Dance and Performing Arts Academy. Two storeys, brick. Shopfront with three recessed doors at ground floor, four sash windows above. Dentilated eaves cornice. Rendered on north side. Evidence of a blocked square window. Street frontage looks renewed brick is different colour to chimney.

Easting:
3398

Northing:
5010

Grid Reference:
NZ33985010

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Lanagan, 2013, Silver screens used to be a goldmine for businesses, Seaham & Houghton Star, Wednesday June 5 2013, p 6