Hetton-le-Hole, Park View, Standard Theatre

HER Number:
17141

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hetton-le-Hole, Park View, Standard Theatre

Place:
Hetton-le-Hole

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific:
Theatre

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Standard Theatre was erected in 1874. Built from red brick, the theatre could seat 800 persons. At each side of the stage were changing rooms and propers were houses in a lean to shed behind the building. Mr J Watson of the Criterion Theatrical Company was the proprietor. The theatre closed in 1916. The gable end was demolished and the premises was used as a garage for a bus compnay. It is not a warehouse for an agricultural merchant.

Easting:
3511

Northing:
4737

Grid Reference:
NZ35114737

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p426;