Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Cinema/concert hall. 16 related planning applications.

Apollo Theatre

WRENN ID
lone-floor-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Rusholme MP: Afzal Khan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Cinema/concert hall
Address
Apollo Theatre, Stockport Road, M12 6AP
OS grid reference
SJ 853 969
Coordinates
53.46943, -2.22195
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Apollo Theatre is a cinema that has been converted into a concert hall, built around 1930. It features red brick in Flemish bond, with a facade made of white glazed terracotta and a concealed roof. The building has a large rectangular plan with rounded front corners and a wing attached to the rear left corner, showcasing a modernist style. It consists of two unequal storeys plus an attic.

The wide, slightly raised rectangular centre has large tripartite openings on both floors; the ground floor contains ranges of doors, while the upper floor features large recessed rectangular windows with small-pane glazing. These are flanked by vertical panels adorned with Art Deco ornament. The convex corners of the building have small oblong windows on two levels, above which are three tiers of oblong slit windows set between raised bands—paired on the left corner and single on the right.

The slightly set-back attic storey corresponds to the tripartite openings below and includes banded pilasters, small oblong windows, and a raised parapet. The wings of the attic have plain cornices and parapets interrupted by broad stepped and moulded pilasters that match the ornamented panels below, along with slit windows at the corners. The return sides of the building are plainer.

Inside, the auditorium remains largely unaltered and features Art Deco decoration, including a horseshoe gallery with sweeping lines that lead to four overlapping tiers of "boxes." Between these tiers and the proscenium is a plunging V-shaped band.

Local climate

Apollo Theatre sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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