Old Theatre

The Old Theatre, located on the west side of Northallerton High Street, is a building dating from around 1800 that has been altered over time and is now used as a health spa. Constructed from orange-red-brown brick in English garden wall bond, it features a pantile roof and stands two storeys high, with four internal bays.

On the west side, there are two first-floor fixed-light windows with 24 panes, an inserted doorway to the right, and two inserted 20th-century windows on each floor to the left. The building has dentil eaves, shaped kneelers, and ashlar coping. Much of the east side, which likely served as the main entrance from the High Street, has been obscured by later additions.

Historically, Northallerton was part of the same provincial theatre circuit as Richmond, where the Theatre Royal, built by Samuel Butler in 1788, shares almost identical dimensions. The Northallerton theatre likely had similar internal arrangements, with the stage occupying nearly half the space and an auditorium that included a pit, boxes, and a gallery, all accessed by a single entrance with a pay-box. The theatre ceased operations in 1832 and was repurposed as a Primitive Methodist Chapel in 1834, continuing in that role until a new chapel was established off the east side of the High Street in 1889.