Hull New Theatre

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TA 0929 SE, 680-1/18/220

KINGSTON UPON HULL, JARRATT STREET (North side), Hull New Theatre

(Formerly Listed as: JARRATT STREET (North side) The New Theatre)

12/11/73

GV

II

Former assembly rooms, now theatre. Designed by Charles Mountain junior, built 1830-33. The rooms were converted into the New Theatre in 1939 by the architects R. Cromie & W.B. Wheatley. Painted stucco. Classical Revival style. Plinth, first-floor band, moulded cornice and entablature, coped parapet. Two storeys; 11x5 bays. Entrance front, to Kingston Square, has bays defined by giant pilasters and a central portico with four giant Ionic columns on pedestals. Between the columns is a late C20 transom decorated with a metal round arch in each bay. The spaces above the transom are glazed. On either side, a single blank on each floor. Within the portico, three blank windows and below them, three round-arched windows. Below these, three pairs of doors with segment-headed glazing. Right return, to Jarratt Street, has a projecting central feature with four giant engaged Ionic columns framing single blank windows on each floor. On either side, 3-bay wings defined by giant pilasters. To right, three 12-pane sashes and below them, three round windows. Below these, a central sash flanked by single doors, the left door smaller. The doors and the sash windows have keystone lintels. To left, three blank windows and below, a door to left and two blank windows to right, all with keystone lintels. Projecting end bays, defined by giant pilasters. To right, a 12-pane sash and below, a recessed door. To left, a single blank window on each floor. INTERIOR remodelled 1938 and 1985.

Listing NGR: TA0974029178