Gateshead, High Street, The Metropole Theatre

HER Number:
7875

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, High Street, The Metropole Theatre

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific:
Theatre

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Gateshead's most luxurious theatre. On the corner of Jackson Street and High Street. Opened 28 September 1896 by Weldon Watts, former owner of the Queen's (HER 7874). The Metropole had a marble staircase, brass handrails and an elaborate plasterwork ceiling. It became the Scala Cinema in 1919.

Easting:
25643

Northing:
63078

Grid Reference:
NZ2564363078

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 69; TWAS plans 1895/195; Frank Manders, Cinemas of Gateshead