Theatre Royal, Former Royal Cinema is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1994. Theatre. 4 related planning applications.
Theatre Royal, Former Royal Cinema
- WRENN ID
- winding-corbel-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1994
- Type
- Theatre
- Address
- Theatre Royal, Former Royal Cinema, Ward's End, HX1 1DD
- OS grid reference
- SE 093 249
- Coordinates
- 53.72125, -1.85936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Theatre Royal, formerly the Royal Cinema, is a Grade II listed building located on Ward's End. It was built in 1904 and converted around 1930. Designed by Richard Horsfall, the building is constructed of ashlar with ashlar dressings and showcases a Baroque Revival style.
The west front features seven windows, with a rusticated ground floor that includes three central round-headed entrances adorned with vermiculated rustication. These entrances are flanked by single boarded windows, with a recessed door and window to the right of each. Above the central three entrances, there is a giant Ionic portico with a circular window in the pediment, flanked by reclining figures.
The upper section has five windows with moulded surrounds and prominent keystones, featuring alternating segmental and triangular pediments. Above these, there are five smaller windows with moulded surrounds and aprons. The outer bays are topped with oval windows. The slightly projecting outer pavilions each have two small sash windows on the first floor, with a single sash window above in a moulded and pedimented surround. Above these, there is an oval window with a carved surround in an open segmental pediment. To the right, there is a single bay over a segmental cart entrance, with a single sash window above in a moulded surround.
The interior was remodelled around 1930 when the building was converted to a cinema, featuring standard Art Deco style decoration.
Local climate
Theatre Royal, Former Royal Cinema sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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