Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5739NE HALIFAX PLACE 646-1/21/242 (West side) Lace Market Theatre

II

Unitarian chapel, later school, now theatre. c1760, remodelled early C19, converted 1965-72. Red brick, with stucco front and concrete tile roof. Plinth, coped rear gable. Windows renewed, with glazing bars. 2 storeys; 5 x 4 windows. Front, Renaissance Revival style, has minor cornice and elaborately shaped gable with finials. Central doorway with pilasters and pediment, renewed double doors and overlight. On each side, a dummy window, then a blocked door with overlight. Above, a blank panel flanked by single windows, then smaller windows. All these windows have cornices. Left return has 4 blocked openings. Right return has a single blocked opening. All these openings are segment-headed. INTERIOR has king post roof with struts, collars, wind braces and double purlins, largely of reused timber, and fire damaged. Principal rafters end at collar level. This building was used as a school from c1832 till c1850, and then became a warehouse for lace and other goods (plaque inside theatre).

Listing NGR: SK5753639706

External Links

• Lace Market Theatre at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6468185

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