Hippodrome [London]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Croydon, United Kingdom
description: theater in Croydon @nl
alternative label: Hippodrome
EUTA building identifier: 2004
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Wikidata source: Q31287967
GPS: Point(-0.1017 51.3737)
opening date: 1849-01-01T00:00:00Z
demolished: 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: 12-18 Church Street, Crown Hill, London, Croydon, England
Theatres Trust Database ID: 3858
city section: Croydon
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: Croydon.htm#royal
Carthalia ID: 4529
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: First venue on the site opened 1849 as The Theatre. 1868 rebuiling, re-opened 29 Aug 1868 as Theatre Royal. 1883 rebuilding. 1897 rebuilding by Bertie Crewe. Re-opened 20 Sep 1897 as Empire Theatre of Varieties. 1898-1899 rebuilding, re-opened 30 July 1899 as New Theatre Royal. 1908 renamed Hippodrome. 1910 rebuilding by Frank Matcham. Ca. 1942 converted into a cinema. 1946 renamed Hippodrome Picture Theatre. Closed 1956. Subsequently demolished.
closure date: 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z