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IoE Number:
478553
Location:
ST MARTINS THEATRE, WEST STREET (north east side)
CAMDEN TOWN, CAMDEN, GREATER LONDON
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Date Photographed:
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Date listed:
16 March 1973
Date of last amendment:
16 March 1973
Grade
II
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CAMDEN
TQ3080NW WEST STREET
798-1/108/1714 (North East side)
16/03/73 St Martins Theatre
GV II
Theatre. 1916. By WGR Sprague as a companion to the
Ambassadors (1913), West Street (qv), but for different
owners. Built by Lenn Thornton and Co. Ashlar facade with
banded rustication to ground floor.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys. 5 bays with 10-window left return. Ground
floor with round arch openings and wide central entrance
surmounted by a plain C20 canopy. Giant engaged Ionic columns
in antis with rusticated end pilasters rise through the 1st,
2nd and 3rd floors, supporting an entablature, with triglyphs
in the frieze, and parapet. First floor windows have Tuscan
pilasters supporting pediments, above shouldered architraves
and keyblocks.
INTERIOR: 2-tier auditorium, in Classical style, of polished
hardwood. Turned balusters to balcony fronts. Side walls of
auditorium have large Doric engaged columns and pilasters on
pedestals supporting bold entablature which continues over the
rectangular proscenium arch. Glazed domed ceiling. Stage
machinery: nearly complete example of Edwardian (1916) wooden
stage, marred only by alterations made to accommodate dimmer
room in the sub-stage space. Represents one of the final
stages in the development of timber stage machinery in England
and an exceptional survival.
HISTORICAL NOTE: "Architectural Review" of that time noted a
change in style of decoration from the lavish showy palace to
a traditional English domestic interior implying a more select
audience.