Crown Theatre [London]
type: Item
label: Crown Theatre
description: Theatre building in Peckham, United Kingdom
description: theater in Southwark @nl
alternative label: The Peckham Hippodrome
alternative label: Hippodrome Picture Palace
EUTA building identifier: 2624
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
GPS: Point(-0.0665 51.474)
Wikidata source: Q32270914
opening date: 1898-10-31T00:00:00Z
Address: 169 Peckham High Street, London, SE15 5SL, England
architect: Ernest Augustus Runtz
Theatres Trust Database ID: 3238
City: London
city section: Southwark
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: PeckhamTheatres.htm#crown
Carthalia ID: 5566
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, III. p. 33; General view, 111. PI. opp. p. 4 ; Plan area, III. p. 37; Plan 1st tier, III. p. 37; Plan 2nd tier, III. p. 37; References, III. pp. 2, 39.
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1898 by Ernest Augustus Runtz. Opened 31 Oct 1898 as Crown Theatre. Later renamed Peckham Hippodrome, 1912 renamed Hippodrome Picture Palace and used as a cinema. Closed 1928. Demolished 1932 in favour of the Gaumont Palace cinema (itself demolished 2002 in favour of a block of flats).
demolished: 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z