Crown Theatre [London]
Theatre building in Peckham, United Kingdom
theater in Southwark
Crown Theatre
The Peckham Hippodrome
Hippodrome Picture Palace
169 Peckham High Street, London, SE15 5SL, England
Descriptive text, III. p. 33; General view, 111. PI. opp. p. 4 ; Plan area, III. p. 37; Plan 1st tier, III. p. 37; Plan 2nd tier, III. p. 37; References, III. pp. 2, 39.
Built 1898 by Ernest Augustus Runtz. Opened 31 Oct 1898 as Crown Theatre. Later renamed Peckham Hippodrome, 1912 renamed Hippodrome Picture Palace and used as a cinema. Closed 1928. Demolished 1932 in favour of the Gaumont Palace cinema (itself demolished 2002 in favour of a block of flats).