Mosley Street, Theatre Royal
Mosley Street, Theatre Royal
HER Number
6845
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Mosley Street, Theatre Royal
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Music Speech and Dance Venue
Site Type: Specific
Theatre
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Theatre Royal was built in Mosley Street, one of the premier shopping and commercial streets in the Georgian town, in 1788. Designed by David Stephenson, Charleton described it as "unsurpassed by any provincial theatre in the country". It was demolished in the 1830s to make way for Grainger's new developments.
Easting
424990
Northing
564110
Grid Reference
NZ424990564110
Sources
<< HER 6845 >> I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces, p 43; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 76; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 22