High Street, The Metropole Theatre
High Street, The Metropole Theatre
HER Number
7875
District
Gateshead
Site Name
High Street, The Metropole Theatre
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Music Speech and Dance Venue
Site Type: Specific
Theatre
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Gateshead's most luxurious theatre. On the corner of Jackson Street and High Street. Opened 28 September 1896 by Weldon Watts, former owner of the Queen's (HER 7874). The Metropole had a marble staircase, brass handrails and an elaborate plasterwork ceiling. It became the Scala Cinema in 1919.
Easting
425643
Northing
563078
Grid Reference
NZ425643563078
Sources
I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 69; TWAS plans 1895/195; Frank Manders, Cinemas of Gateshead