Athenaeum [Warminster]
type: Item
label: Athenaeum
description: Theatre building in Warminster, United Kingdom
description: theater in Warminster @nl
EUTA building identifier: 750
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: Warminster
GPS: Point(-2.1823 51.2054)
Wikidata source: Q7969633
opening date: 1861-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: 18-22 High Street, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 9AE, England
Web: www.theath.org.uk
Theatres Trust Database ID: 670
Wikidata instance: Q2190251
Carthalia ID: 2897
Note: Built 1857 by W. J. Stent as Athenaeum, a literary institute. 1879 rebuilding by T. H. Wyatt. Ca. 1912 lecture room converted into a cinema and re-opened as Picture Palace. Also used for live theatre. Closed in the 1950s. Re-opened 1969 as Athenaeum Centre, an arts centre showing plays, concerts and films. 1986 renamed West Wiltshire Arts Centre. Closed 1997. 2000 reopened as The Athenaeum Centre for the Community.