Tamworth Arts Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Tamworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1992. A C18 Arts centre.
Tamworth Arts Centre
- WRENN ID
- wild-obsidian-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tamworth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1992
- Type
- Arts centre
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TAMWORTH
SK2004SE CHURCH STREET 670-1/7/49 (North side) Tamworth Arts Centre
GV II
Shown on OS map as Baptist Church. Theatre, now arts centre. c1770, became malt house early C19, Baptist chapel, 1870, porch added 1908; became arts centre, 1970. Stuccoed brick with pebbledash and terracotta dressings; tile roof. Right-angle plan. 2 storeys. Pilasters and dentilled pedimented gable. Entrance in porch with terracotta top frieze and parapet, high plinth with squat paired Ionic half-columns with entasis, pulvinated frieze and cornice supporting round arched hood, C20 infill and doors; flanking plain C20 entrances with bull's eyes above. 1st floor has 3 round-headed C19 windows with angle pilasters, archivolts and keystones over small-paned glazing. Right return to Gungate has weathered plinth and cornice, C20 right end entrance, ground floor windows cutting plinth and round-headed 1st floor windows. Truncated louvre to ridge. INTERIOR: much altered, round-arched recess to end wall. Sarah Siddons is said to have performed in the theatre c1773. The building is an important landmark in Tamworth, and is of much local historical importance. (Tamworth Herald: Tamworth: 1921-).
Listing NGR: SK2086504094
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