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Latitude: 51.512 / 51°30'43"N
Longitude: -0.1329 / 0°7'58"W
OS Eastings: 529661
OS Northings: 180884
OS Grid: TQ296808
Mapcode National: GBR GD.B5
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.N837
Plus Code: 9C3XGV68+RR
Entry Name: The Queen's Theatre
Listing Date: 28 June 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1236175
English Heritage Legacy ID: 427107
Also known as: Queen's Theatre
ID on this website: 101236175
Location: Soho, Westminster, London, W1D
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: West End
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Anne Soho
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Theatre
CITY OF WESTMINSTER SHAFTESBURY AVENUE Wl
TQ 2980 NE The Queen's Theatre
71/29
28-6-72
GV II
Theatre. 1907 by W. G. R. Sprague, the facade and front of house rebuilt 1958-59
after partial destruction by wartime bombing, by Westwood Sons and Partners in
collaboration with H. Casson. Steel and glass rebuild with brick and stone sides
and rear to surviving auditorium and stage parts. Rectilinear curtain wall curving
round corner on 4 storeys with canopy over ground floor. Sprague's front of house
block was designed as a pair to the Globe in a symmetrical composition; his
auditorium survives in a modified form with 2 tiers of cantilevered balconies and
domed ceiling, with much of the original Italian Renaissance style plasterwork
intact forward of the balcony fronts; some surviving wooden machinery below stage.
Survey of London; vol XXXI
The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson
Listing NGR: TQ2966180884
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