The Palace Theatre is a Grade II listed building in the Watford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1982. Theatre. 3 related planning applications.
The Palace Theatre
- WRENN ID
- ancient-cinder-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Watford
- Constituency
- Watford MP: Matt Turmaine (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1982
- Type
- Theatre
- Address
- The Palace Theatre, Clarendon Road, WD17 1JZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 109 965
- Coordinates
- 51.65701, -0.39704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Palace Theatre, built in 1908 by W A Theobald, features a red brick and Bath stone front that was added in 1909-10 by Wylson and Long. The facade is three stories high with a structural attic above a modillioned cornice and entablature. In the center, there are three sash windows on two floors, framed by stone Renaissance surrounds. The ends of the building are designed as taller towers topped with leaded domes. A frieze at the attic level is inscribed with the words 'Palace Theatre', and the entrances are located under a flat canopy. Inside, the theatre has a lively atmosphere with Renaissance style plasterwork, two curved galleries, and stage boxes that are surrounded by pilasters and topped with broken segmental pediments. The proscenium arch is plain, with scrolled brackets in the upper corners, and there is an oval ceiling panel adorned with a decorative border.
Local climate
The Palace Theatre sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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