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Latitude: 52.6342 / 52°38'3"N
Longitude: -1.6932 / 1°41'35"W
OS Eastings: 420859
OS Northings: 304099
OS Grid: SK208040
Mapcode National: GBR 4FD.YHT
Mapcode Global: WHCH3.Y1WV
Plus Code: 9C4WJ8M4+MP
Entry Name: Tamworth Arts Centre
Listing Date: 28 February 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1297348
English Heritage Legacy ID: 386466
ID on this website: 101297348
Location: Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79
County: Staffordshire
District: Tamworth
Electoral Ward/Division: Castle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Tamworth
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Tamworth St Editha
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Architectural structure
TAMWORTH
SK2004SE CHURCH STREET
670-1/7/49 (North side)
Tamworth Arts Centre
GV II
Shown on OS map as Baptist Church.
Theatre, now arts centre. c1770, became malt house early C19,
Baptist chapel, 1870, porch added 1908; became arts centre,
1970. Stuccoed brick with pebbledash and terracotta dressings;
tile roof. Right-angle plan. 2 storeys. Pilasters and
dentilled pedimented gable. Entrance in porch with terracotta
top frieze and parapet, high plinth with squat paired Ionic
half-columns with entasis, pulvinated frieze and cornice
supporting round arched hood, C20 infill and doors; flanking
plain C20 entrances with bull's eyes above. 1st floor has 3
round-headed C19 windows with angle pilasters, archivolts and
keystones over small-paned glazing. Right return to Gungate
has weathered plinth and cornice, C20 right end entrance,
ground floor windows cutting plinth and round-headed 1st floor
windows. Truncated louvre to ridge.
INTERIOR: much altered, round-arched recess to end wall. Sarah
Siddons is said to have performed in the theatre c1773. The
building is an important landmark in Tamworth, and is of much
local historical importance.
(Tamworth Herald: Tamworth: 1921-).
Listing NGR: SK2086504094
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