The Pavilion

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5203 PAVILION ROAD 839-1/9/227 (North side) 31/10/96 Southtown And Gorleston The Pavilion

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Theatre and pavilion. 1901. By JW Cockrill assisted by OH Cockrill. Red brick with terracotta decoration. Copper roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Plan is of an auditorium running north-south with a lower aisle on the west side. Towards the south end is a higher rectangular block arranged transeptally with 4 corner towers, and abutting the south of this is a single-storey narthex with a balustraded terraced roof. The narthex has a mid C20 entrance fascia under a hood. Clasping side pilasters. The towers of the transept block have 2-light casements to the principal faces under terracotta arches with shell designs. Balustrades below 4 domes with decorative iron cresting. The west return with 3 arched doors and one blind door formerly the principal entrance. Main south face at first-floor level with four 2-light windows with a vesica. The west side and the west aisle each have 3 segmental windows filled with modified Perpendicular tracery designs and there is a fourth to the north return. 3 paired lancets to the main north wall. East flank of 7 bays, 6 of which have 2-light windows with vesicae. The north bay has an entrance porch. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TG5303103580