| The Palladium | |
| Coordinates: | 53.3251°N -3.8323°W |
| Gbgridref: | SH 780 825 |
| Location: | Gloddaeth Street, Llandudno |
| Built: | 1920 |
| Original Use: | theatre and cinema |
| Current Use: | theme pub |
| Architect: | Arthur Hewitt |
| Designation1: | Grade II Listed Building |
| Designation1 Date: | 16 March 1976 |
| Designation1 Number: | 5794 |
The Palladium is a former theatre and cinema, since 2001 a pub, in Llandudno, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building.
The theatre, built on the site of a market hall, opened on Bank Holiday Monday 30 August 1920. It was designed in Baroque style by Arthur Hewitt, a councillor in Llandudno; he also designed Clare's Department Store and the Washington Hotel in the town.[1] [2]
The stuccoed facade has two domed towers to each side, and a central recess featuring an oriel window within pillars that support a pediment. On the ground floor there are shop fronts on either side of the entrance.[1] The original theatre had a circular entrance foyer, leading to the auditorium, which seated 1,500 in stalls, a dress circle and a balcony. There were also boxes either side of the stage and behind the dress circle.[1] [2]
The building was a theatre and cinema during its early years. After the Second World War it was mainly a cinema, with stage productions during the summer. In 1972 there was a connversion, so that the interior was split into a bingo hall in the former stalls, and a cinema in the former dress circle. The building was closed in September 1999.[1] [2] [3]
It was purchased by Wetherspoons in 2000; it was restored as much as possible into its original condition, in accordance with planning permission, and was opened as a theme pub in August 2001. There was restoration of the exterior in 2012–13.[1] [2] [3]