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It was designed by James Robinson Watson, chief assistant in the office of Leeds-based architect George Corson, and opened on 18 November 1878.It was built as a complex in three parts: the theatre, a set of six shops and Assembly Rooms, all facing onto New Briggate, in High Victorian style of red brick with stone dressings and a slate roof, the whole being a Grade II* listed building.
English: The Grand Theatre & Opera House Leeds (to give it the name it calls itself) although I and most other people around just call it the Grand Theatre is situated on New Briggate in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The building is to my mind under-rated; completed in 1878 it is larger than it looks with a capacity of 1550.
In the early-19th century, Leeds was a "smokey city, dull and dirty", with Briggate its "one large street" but in 1889 it was "one of the broadest, handsomest, and busiest thoroughfares in the North of England". [11] Leeds' commercial success led to the construction of many fine buildings, including the Grand Theatre on New
Grand Theatre, Lancaster: Lancaster 1792; 1848–1978 457 Greenwich Theatre: Greenwich 1864, rebuilt 1969 430 The Grand Clitheroe 1874; 2008 400 (standing) 240 (fully seated, theatre-style) 140 (cabaret) Owned by The Lancaster Foundation Grand Theatre, Leeds: Leeds 18 November 1878 1,550 Home of Opera North: Grand Theatre, Swansea: Swansea 1897 ...
Royal Armouries is in Leeds, as is the Leeds Playhouse (formerly the West Yorkshire Playhouse), Opera North and The Grand Theatre. The First Direct Arena in Leeds seats around 15,000 people. Sheffield Arena is also popular, as is the Bradford Alhambra , St Georges Hall and the Media and Science Museum in Bradford.
The Grand Theatre, Leeds, home of Opera North. Opera North is an English opera company based in Leeds.The company's home theatre is the Leeds Grand Theatre, but it also presents regular seasons in several other cities, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Lowry Centre, Salford Quays and the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Grand Theatre Including Former Assembly Rooms. ... Leeds Civic Theatre and College of Music: Leeds:
Corson was responsible for many buildings in Leeds including: [3] the Grand Theatre (1877–78), with his assistant James Robinson Watson – Grade II* listed; the municipal buildings (1878–84) – Grade II* listed, now housing the Leeds Central Library. [4] Opening of the New Municipal Buildings and Free Public Library, Leeds in 1884