Palladium, Llandudno

Pub and former theatre in Llandudno, Wales

The Palladium

Location| Gloddaeth Street, Llandudno
Coordinates| 53°19′30.22″N 3°49′56.14″W﻿ / ﻿53.3250611°N 3.8322611°W﻿ / 53.3250611; -3.8322611
OS grid reference| SH 780 825
Built| 1920
Original use| theatre and cinema
Current use| theme pub
Architect| Arthur Hewitt
Website| www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/wales/conwy/the-palladium-llandudno

Listed Building – Grade II

Designated| 16 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[edit]

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 connversion, 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[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Palladium, Llandudno at Wikimedia Commons

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