Metropolitan Theatre [London]
type: Item
label: Metropolitan Theatre
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
description: theater in City of Westminster @nl
EUTA building identifier: 2104
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Wikidata source: Q14993801
GPS: Point(-0.1712 51.5204)
Address: 267 Edgware Road, London, W2 1XJ, England
city section: Westminster
opening date: 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: Metropolitan.htm
closure date: 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z
demolished: 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Frank Matcham
Carthalia ID: 4417
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1897 by Frank Matcham. Opened 22 Dec 1897 as Metropolitan Theatre of Varieties. Ca. 1700 seats (+ 294 standing). Interior decoration by James M. Boekbinder. Later renamed Metropolitan Theatre and Metropolitan Music Hall. Demolished 1963 in favour of road widening (which never happened). Later, a police station was built on the site.