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Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire
Façade of the Hackney Empire

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An ornamental façade of the theatre includes bulbous Ionic columns, with a balustrade to the front and pilasters rising from the arch to a blank balustraded parapet. There is a wreath and musical trophies to the tympanum of a swan-necked open pediment surmounted by a female figure.
Title

Façade of the Hackney Empire

Date

1901

Medium

red brick & terracota dressings

Accession number

E8_JD_S020

Acquisition method

commissioned by Oswald Stoll's 'Empire' circuit

Work type

Building

Owner

Hackney Empire

Custodian

Hackney Empire

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Listing date

28/06/72

Access

at all times

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