Royal National Theatre is a Grade II* listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1994. Theatre. 65 related planning applications.
Royal National Theatre
- WRENN ID
- fading-truss-cedar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1994
- Type
- Theatre
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 3180 963-/1/10022
UPPER GROUND (north-east side) Royal National Theatre
GV II* Theatre complex, 1969-76 by Sir Denys Lasdun. Reinforced concrete, flat roofs. Square building, with lower 895-seat Lyttelton auditorium in line with and first floor 1165-seat Olivier auditorium at a forty-five degree angle to the main facades. These two linked at the level of the river embankment by paired foyers the full height of the building, with exhibition spaces and restuarants on several layers leading on to outside walkways. Projecting flytowers to the two main auditoria interrupt this sequence of horizontal forms. Workshops, rehearsal spaces and dressing rooms to rear, with separate entrance and foyer to 400-seater studio space, the Cottesloe theatre. Metal windows and doors. Interiors with original furnishings to foyer areas and auditoria.
The National Theatre is a major public building of the post-war period by one of its leading architects, and reflects new ideas in theatre design.
Listing NGR: TQ3101380383
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