Athenaeum [Warminster]
Theatre building in Warminster, United Kingdom
theater in Warminster
Athenaeum
18-22 High Street, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 9AE, England
Built 1857 by W. J. Stent as Athenaeum, a literary institute. 1879 rebuilding by T. H. Wyatt. Ca. 1912 lecture room converted into a cinema and re-opened as Picture Palace. Also used for live theatre. Closed in the 1950s. Re-opened 1969 as Athenaeum Centre, an arts centre showing plays, concerts and films. 1986 renamed West Wiltshire Arts Centre. Closed 1997. 2000 reopened as The Athenaeum Centre for the Community.