Basic Site Details
| Name: | People's Palace |
| City or county: | Bristol |
| Country: | England |
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| Notes: | The building was a nightclub until recently but is currently closed. The façade is not listed but is considered a building of merit within the City and Queen Square Conservation area. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Theatre | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Baldwin Street | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| c. 1890(?) | Build/construction | ||
| 1893 | Design exhibited | ||
| 1928 | Alteration/conversion | Converted to a purpose built cinema, opened 1928. Verity retained only parts of Hutton's façade while adding significant details of his own. This façade is still extant. | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| James Hutton | c. 1890 | ||||
| Francis Thomas Verity | B | 1928 | Conversion to purpose-built cinema | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1893 | 851 | |||
| Grand opening of Cinema | 1928 | Grand Civic Re-opening of Cinema | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Bristol Record Office | Plans Collection | Volume 27, folio 59. | Building Plans which include include cross sections, floor plans and the Baldwin Street elevation. Drawings signed by Hutton and with address 61 Reform Street, Dundee. |
| Bristol Record Office | Plans Collection | Volume 86, folio 17 | Verity's plans |
| Courtesy of David Etheridge | Information sent to Dictionary | Sent Ocotber 2011 | |