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[ Royal Hotel, Theatre and Athenaeum, Plymouth]

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 [ Royal Hotel, Theatre and Athenaeum, Plymouth]
Creator: Day & Son
Title: [ Royal Hotel, Theatre and Athenaeum, Plymouth] / [by Day & Son after Ll.Jewitt]
Imprint: [Plymouth] : [J.Faning]
Date: [1835?]
Format: Lithograph ; 201x289mm
Ref. no.: SC2159
Copies: WSL : L SC2159
PLY: I/S
Coverage: Devon . Plymouth . Hotels . Royal Hotel . Exterior . 1835
Last Updated: 22/12/2004
Contributor: Jewitt, Ll
Associated text: Cooke, G. A. A topographical and statistical description of thecCounty of Devon. London: Sherwood & Co., c.1830. p. 189.

The Royal Hotel and Theatre were commenced in 1811, and finished within two years: the whole north front is 275 feet in length, having in the centre a magnificent portico of eight ionic columns, extending seventy-five feet. The portico in the east elevation is fifty-nine feet wide. The theatre, occupying the western division of the building, is a noble edifice, and is generally open four months during the summer.

THE ATHENAEUM,

A beautiful structure, including the Plymouth Institution, stands on a spot of ground adjoining the theatre.

[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]



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