Lewisham Hippodrome [London]
type: Item
label: Lewisham Hippodrome
description: Theatre building in Catford, United Kingdom
description: schouwburg en bioscoop in Lewisham (borough), Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
EUTA building identifier: 2238
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Wikidata source: Q42041434
city section: Catford
opening date: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: LewishamAndCatfordTheatres.htm#hipp
Carthalia ID: 4416
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1911 by Frank Matcham for Walter Gibbons and Charles Gulliver. Opened 13 Feb 1911. 2448 seats. From 1927, operated as a cinema and as a live theatre. Damaged by bombs in 1940. Repaired and reopened 1943. 1952 converted into a cinema and renamed Eros Cinema (1500 seats). Closed 14 Nov 1959. Demolished June 1960 in favour of an office block (Eros House).
demolished: 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z