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Palladium, Llandudno

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The Palladium
LocationGloddaeth Street, Llandudno
Coordinates53°19′30.22″N 3°49′56.14″W / 53.3250611°N 3.8322611°W / 53.3250611; -3.8322611
OS grid referenceSH 780 825
Built1920
Original usetheatre and cinema
Current usetheme pub
ArchitectArthur Hewitt
Websitewww.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/wales/conwy/the-palladium-llandudno
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated16 March 1976
Reference no.5794

The Palladium is a former theatre and cinema, since 2001 a pub, in Llandudno, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History and description

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The theatre, built on the site of a market hall, opened on Bank Holiday Monday 30 August 1920. It was designed in Baroque style by Arthur Hewitt, a councillor in Llandudno; he also designed Clare's Department Store and the Washington Hotel in the town.[2][3]

The stuccoed facade has two domed towers to each side, and a central recess featuring an oriel window within pillars that support a pediment. On the ground floor there are shop fronts on either side of the entrance.[1][2] The original theatre had a circular entrance foyer, leading to the auditorium, which seated 1,500 in stalls, a dress circle and a balcony. There were also boxes either side of the stage and behind the dress circle.[2][3]

The building was a theatre and cinema during its early years. After the Second World War it was mainly a cinema, with stage productions during the summer. In 1972 there was a conversion, so that the interior was split into a bingo hall in the former stalls, and a cinema in the former dress circle. The building was closed in September 1999.[2][3][4]

It was purchased by Wetherspoons in 2000; it was restored as much as possible into its original condition, in accordance with planning permission, and was opened as a theme pub in August 2001. There was restoration of the exterior in 2012–13.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cadw. "Palladium, including shops in rear facing Market Street (Grade II) (5794)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Palladium Cinema" Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Palladium" historypoints.org. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "The Palladium Theatre, Gloddaeth Street, Llandudno" ArthurLloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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