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Latitude: 51.517 / 51°31'1"N
Longitude: -0.1297 / 0°7'46"W
OS Eastings: 529872
OS Northings: 181442
OS Grid: TQ298814
Mapcode National: GBR HB.1C
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.P4TF
Plus Code: 9C3XGV8C+Q4
Entry Name: Dominion Theatre
Listing Date: 10 October 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1379033
English Heritage Legacy ID: 478398
ID on this website: 101379033
Location: St Giles, Camden, London, WC1B
County: London
District: Camden
Electoral Ward/Division: Bloomsbury
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Giles-in-the-Fields
Church of England Diocese: London
CAMDEN
TQ2981SE TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD
798-1/104/1643 (East side)
10/10/88 Dominion Theatre
GV II
Theatre. 1928-29. Designed by W and TR Milburn. Steel-framed
construction with Portland stone facade.
EXTERIOR: narrow facade of 3 main bays; recessed entrance
doors to full width of facade. Wooden doors, glazed in panels
to full height, enriched with carved moulding, beneath
projecting canopy facade above with pilaster strips to corners
and projecting centre of 3 bays. Bases of pilaster strips with
sculptured plaques with masks. Facade above concave in shape,
with 3 square headed apertures filled with decorative
wrought-iron work. Simple cornice band above, slightly raised
to centre.
INTERIOR: grand 2-storey entrance foyer with flights of stairs
to left and right linking to central balcony; stripped
Classical detailing and original pendant lights. Circle lounge
and lower circle lounge with similar detailing. Auditorium
with two galleries (one disused) also with Roman Classical
detailing to walls and ceiling having 2 tiers of galleries and
round cornered boxes (upper pair never seated) to left and
right of proscenium. Original light fittings.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The Dominion Theatre is a grand composition
which embodies a transitional phase in the history of theatre
design, incorporating the broad plan and decorative detailing
more usually associated with cinemas of the period though
always intended primarily for theatrical use.
(Architects' Journal: 2 October 1929; Architect & Building
News: 4 October 1929).
Listing NGR: TQ2987281442
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