Description

SHEFFIELD

SK3587SE TUDOR SQUARE
784-1/25/718 Lyceum Theatre
15/11/72
(Formerly Listed as:
TUDOR STREET
Lyceum Theatre (including No 9))

II*

Theatre (No.9 no longer exists). 1897. Restored 1988-90. By
WGR Sprague. Brick with stucco front and painted ashlar
dressings. Roof not visible.
EXTERIOR: rusticated ground floor, quoins, intermediate
cornices, eaves cornices, open balustrade with dies and ball
finials. 3 storeys plus attics; 6 bays.
Round corner entrance tower, topped with dome and figure on
ball finial, has intermediate cornices and 3 round-headed
windows and above, 3 round windows, divided by pilasters.
Attic storey has 6 deeply recessed plain sashes. Ground floor
has 3 flat-headed double doors flanked by pilasters, with
overlights and segmental pediments.
First floor, divided by fluted pilasters, has 6 cross
casements with moulded panels above them with semicircular or
triangular pediments. Second floor, divided by terms, has six
2-light casements with cornices.
Attic storey has 6 round-headed openings with keystones and
elaborate scrollwork, each with a 2-light casement. Ground
floor has 3 moulded round-arched entrances flanked by
pilasters, with keystones and fanlights. Between them, moulded
round-headed niches.
Plainer rear elevation, 3 storeys, has irregular fenestration,
and 2 round-arched doorways, one of them with curved steps.
INTERIOR: auditorium has elaborate plasterwork decoration.
Square headed proscenium with crest above, coved panelled
ceiling with central boss. 3 side bays divided by double
columns on the first floor and panelled pilasters above and
below. Adjoining the stage, panelled strips with figures in
niches on the first floor. Openings with shaped heads, those
to the first floor with tympanums. Ornamented boxes, that to
the first floor bow fronted. 2 curved galleries with elaborate
ornament.
A notable example of a theatre of the period, with a largely
unaltered interior.
(Publicity handout produced in connection with restoration
appeal).

Listing NGR: SK3557487201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Lyceum Theatre at Wikipedia
• Lyceum Theatre official website
• Wikidata Q6707254

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