Entrance Building of the Former Theatre of Varieties is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1983. Theatre entrance. 2 related planning applications.
Entrance Building of the Former Theatre of Varieties
- WRENN ID
- dark-tallow-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1983
- Type
- Theatre entrance
- Address
- Entrance Building of the Former Theatre of Varieties, 88, King Street, NE33 1NH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 361 671
- Coordinates
- 54.99803, -1.43626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance building of the former Theatre of Varieties, located at 88 King Street, was designed by architect Frank Matcham and constructed between 1898 and 1899. This structure serves as the long entrance foyer that connects to the auditorium across Union Alley, which is not of special interest. The King Street elevation features three storeys and is made of terracotta, currently painted. The ground floor has a modern canopy and other contemporary fittings. Above this, the design includes a free interpretation of classical details reminiscent of a 17th-century frontispiece. The first floor is dominated by a large semi-circular arched and glazed opening. On the second floor, there are two small semi-circular hooded windows flanking a semi-circular hooded niche, with the niche's hood rising into the first stage of a stepped gable, each step supported by scrolled brackets.
Local climate
Entrance Building of the Former Theatre of Varieties receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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