Wood Green Empire [London]
type: Item
label: Wood Green Empire Theatre @es
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
description: schouwburg en bioscoop in Haringey, Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
alternative label: Wood Green Empire
EUTA building identifier: 2323
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Wikidata source: Q42166616
GPS: Point(-0.1109 51.5991)
Address: High Road, London, N22 6HH, England
city section: Haringey
opening date: 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: WoodGreenEmpire.htm
architect: Frank Matcham
Carthalia ID: 4418
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1912 by Frank Matcham for Oswald Stoll. Opened 9 Sep 1912. 1840 seats (+ standing). Coinverted to a cinema in the late 1920s. After World War II, again used as a live theatre. Closed 31 Jan 1955. Later used as television studio. Auditorium demolished in the 1960s in favour of a supermarket. The entrance building in High Road survived and is used as a bank.
demolished: 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z