Tower Ballroom [Blackpool]
type: Item
label: Blackpool Tower @nl
label: Torre de Blackpool @es
description: Theatre building in Blackpool, United Kingdom, opened in 1899
description: uitkijktoren in het Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
alternative label: Tower Ballroom
EUTA building identifier: 852
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: Blackpool
GPS: Point(-3.0553 53.8158)
Wikidata source: Q880905
Building date: 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Maxwell and Tuke
Theatres Trust Database ID: 1848
Wikidata instance: Q7321258
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: BlackpoolTheatres/TowerBallroomBlackpool.htm
Redevelopment date: 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
Carthalia ID: 2755
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Entertainment complex, built by Maxwell & Tuke. Opened 14 May 1894. The complex includes an observation tower (inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris), an aquarium, a cafeteria, Tower Circus, the Tower Ballroom and roof gardens. - Tower Ballroom: Built 1899 by Frank Matcham. 1956 damaged by fire. Subsequently restored by Andrew Mazzei.