North Shields, Lower Howard Street, Howard Hall

HER Number:
7858

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Lower Howard Street, Howard Hall

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific:
Music Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Erected in 1807. From 1906 it became a music hall and from 1925, a cinema. It was one of the town's most popular cinemas and only closed in 1956. Demolished in 1962.

Easting:
357

Northing:
682

Grid Reference:
NZ357682

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Richard Simpson, 1988, North Shields and Tynemouth - A Pictorial History