High Street East, Gaiety Cinema

HER Number

13551

District

Sunderland

Site Name

High Street East, Gaiety Cinema

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific

Theatre

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The Gaiety Picture and Variety Theatre stood in High St East and was the most famous in the area. It was opened shortly before Christmas 1913. The cinema closed in March 1958. The site has been entirely renovated and no original architecture remains.

Easting

440200

Northing

557200

Grid Reference

NZ440200557200

Sources

Anderson, A. (1995) A century of Sunderland Cinemas