Palace Theatre is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1974. A Early 20th century Theatre. 11 related planning applications.
Palace Theatre
- WRENN ID
- wild-latch-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh MP: David Burton-Sampson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1974
- Type
- Theatre
- Period
- Early 20th century
- Address
- Palace Theatre, London Road, SS0 9LA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 867 861
- Coordinates
- 51.54376, 0.69226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Palace Theatre is a small theatre built in 1912, featuring an ornamented exterior facade and interior that exemplify its period. The front facade, which displays the date 1912, is constructed of red brick with stucco dressings and decorative elements. It features a large central semi-circular arch that contains a stucco ornamented bulls eye window in the tympanum, topped with a balustraded parapet adorned with side scrolls. This is flanked by towers that have stucco cornices and ornamentation, along with "Dutch" gables at the parapets, each crowned with ball finials. The ground storey includes two side doorways with semi-circular arched heads and a stucco cartouche in the tympanum. Inside, the theatre boasts two curved balconies with paired side boxes that have semi-circular fronts and domed recesses, all decorated with stucco cartouches. The ceiling and proscenium arch are also panelled and feature stucco ornamentation.
Local climate
Palace Theatre receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 11 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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