The Theatre or Recreation Room at St Nicholas Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1989. Former theatre and chapel.

The Theatre or Recreation Room at St Nicholas Hospital

WRENN ID
white-corner-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne North MP: Catherine McKinnell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1989
Type
Former theatre and chapel
Address
The Theatre or Recreation Room at St Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road
OS grid reference
NZ 234 679
Coordinates
55.0058, -1.63528
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Theatre or Recreation Room at St Nicholas Hospital is a former theatre and chapel, now serving as a recreation room. It was built in 1865 and designed by JW Dyson of Newcastle. The building features coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs, along with ashlar coped gables topped with tall finials. The gables include small circular windows with glazing bars, while the side elevations have six round-headed windows. Inside, the room is adorned with plain Roman Doric pilasters throughout. At the west end, there is a raised stage framed by a segmental archway, which is decorated with Royal Doulton tiles. The spandrels of this proscenium arch also feature Royal Doulton tiles, designed in an Art Nouveau style.

Local climate

The Theatre or Recreation Room at St Nicholas Hospital receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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