Hippodrome

The Hippodrome was a conversion of two shops to a ciné-variety house by Sprague. Between 1914 and 1918 use was solely as cinema. From the 1920s the theatre became the home of ‘The Landswingers’ Concert Party. It returned to retail use in 1931.

Seen today, the building is two storey, shops at street level, plain façade at first floor level. The only clues to the building’s theatrical past are the hall behind with exit doors and dock door, and the evidence of supports for a balcony within the ‘arcade’ of shops (so-called, in reality a few shops sharing a common entrance). The first floor is now converted to flats.