Upper Sans Street, The Scala
Upper Sans Street, The Scala
HER Number
              13563
          District
              Sunderland
          Site Name
              Upper Sans Street, The Scala
          Place
              Hendon
          Map Sheet
              NZ45NW
          Class
              Recreational
          Site Type: Broad
              Music Speech and Dance Venue
          Site Type: Specific
              Music Hall
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Victorian 1837 to 1901
          Form of Evidence
              Demolished Building
          Description
              The Star Music Hall in Upper Sans Street Hendon was on 26th December 1882.  The building had previously been the Assembly Rooms.  The Music Hall was badly damaged by fire on the 16th August 1883.  This fire caused the hall to close.  The Salvation Army used it as a Barracks until they moved in 1906. It was then opened as the Pavilion Cinema on the 11th February 1907 under the patronage of Colonel Vaux. It was later renamed the Scala until it closed in 1924 and lay empty until 1930 when Charles Jolly opened it as a motor garage. The building has now been demolished.
          Easting
              440200
          Northing
              557000
          Grid Reference
              NZ440200557000
    Sources
              Anderson, A. (1995) A century of Sunderland Cinemas