The Queen's Theatre is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Theatre. 30 related planning applications.
The Queen's Theatre
- WRENN ID
- patient-corridor-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- Theatre
- Address
- The Queen's Theatre, Wardour Street W1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 296 808
- Coordinates
- 51.51201, -0.13289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Queen's Theatre is a theatre built in 1907 by W. G. R. Sprague. The facade and front of house were rebuilt in 1958-59 after being partially destroyed by bombing during the war, by Westwood Sons and Partners in collaboration with H. Casson. The rebuild features a steel and glass structure with brick and stone sides and rear, preserving parts of the original auditorium and stage. The theatre has a rectilinear curtain wall that curves around the corner over four storeys, with a canopy above the ground floor. Sprague's front of house block was designed to be symmetrical with the Globe Theatre. The auditorium remains in a modified form, featuring two tiers of cantilevered balconies and a domed ceiling, with much of the original Italian Renaissance style plasterwork intact in front of the balcony fronts. Some of the original wooden machinery below the stage is still in place.
Local climate
The Queen's Theatre sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 30 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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