Hull New Theatre

Hull New Theatre is a former assembly room that was converted into a theatre. It was designed by Charles Mountain junior and built between 1830 and 1833. The conversion into the New Theatre occurred in 1939, carried out by architects R. Cromie and W.B. Wheatley. The building is finished in painted stucco and is designed in the Classical Revival style, featuring a plinth, a first-floor band, a moulded cornice and entablature, and a coped parapet.

The theatre has two storeys and consists of 11 by 5 bays. The entrance front, facing Kingston Square, is characterized by bays defined by giant pilasters and a central portico supported by four giant Ionic columns on pedestals. Between the columns is a late 20th-century transom adorned with a metal round arch in each bay, with glazed spaces above. Flanking the portico are single blank windows on each floor. Inside the portico, there are three blank windows above three round-arched windows, and below these, three pairs of doors with segment-headed glazing.

The right return, facing Jarratt Street, features a projecting central section with four giant engaged Ionic columns framing single blank windows on each floor. On either side are 3-bay wings defined by giant pilasters. To the right, there are three 12-pane sash windows above three round windows, and below these, a central sash flanked by single doors, with the left door being smaller. All doors and sash windows have keystone lintels. To the left, there are three blank windows above a door to the left and two blank windows to the right, all with keystone lintels. The projecting end bays are also defined by giant pilasters, with a 12-pane sash and a recessed door on the right, and a single blank window on each floor to the left. The interior was remodelled in 1938 and again in 1985.