Newbottle Street, Empire Theatre
Newbottle Street, Empire Theatre
HER Number
15970
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Newbottle Street, Empire Theatre
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Music Speech and Dance Venue
Site Type: Specific
Theatre
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Opened in August 1911, next door to the Gaiety Theatre. The building is now Empire House and is occupied by Houghton Carpet Centre and Houghton Dance and Performing Arts Academy. Two storeys, brick. Shopfront with three recessed doors at ground floor, four sash windows above. Dentilated eaves cornice. Rendered on north side. Evidence of a blocked square window. Street frontage looks renewed brick is different colour to chimney.
Easting
433980
Northing
550100
Grid Reference
NZ433980550100
Sources
Paul Lanagan, 2013, Silver screens used to be a goldmine for businesses, Seaham & Houghton Star, Wednesday June 5 2013, p 6