Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5739NE HALIFAX PLACE
646-1/21/242 (West side)
Lace Market Theatre

II

Unitarian chapel, later school, now theatre. c1760, remodelled
early C19, converted 1965-72. Red brick, with stucco front and
concrete tile roof.
Plinth, coped rear gable. Windows renewed, with glazing bars.
2 storeys; 5 x 4 windows. Front, Renaissance Revival style,
has minor cornice and elaborately shaped gable with finials.
Central doorway with pilasters and pediment, renewed double
doors and overlight. On each side, a dummy window, then a
blocked door with overlight. Above, a blank panel flanked by
single windows, then smaller windows. All these windows have
cornices. Left return has 4 blocked openings. Right return has
a single blocked opening. All these openings are
segment-headed.
INTERIOR has king post roof with struts, collars, wind braces
and double purlins, largely of reused timber, and fire
damaged. Principal rafters end at collar level.
This building was used as a school from c1832 till c1850, and
then became a warehouse for lace and other goods (plaque
inside theatre).

Listing NGR: SK5753639706

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Lace Market Theatre at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6468185

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)