Listed Building record MDO9802 - The Horse with the Red Umbrella, 10 High West Street, Dorchester

The southern half of a 17th century building in Trinity Street, near the junction with High West Street was heightened, partly rebuilt and more than doubled in size to form a theatre which opened in 1828 and closed 1843. This part of the building was later used as a warehouse and demolished in 1965.

(SY 69179068). The southern half of a 17th century building in Trinity Street, near the junction with High West Street was heightened, partly rebuilt and more than doubled in size to form a theatre which opened in 1828 and closed 1843. Since then the building has been used as a warehouse and all the fittings have been removed leaving only the structural framing to define the various parts of the theatre. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 123 (Monograph). SDO148.

'(52) House and Theatre, No. 10, front High West Street and Trinity Street respectively. The house, of the mid 18th century, has a back wing probably of the 19th century joining it to a 17th-century building of which the S. part was subsequently heightened, partly rebuilt and more than doubled in size to form a theatre. The theatre opened in February 1828 (D.C.C., 11 Feb. 1828); it was designed by the proprietor Mr. Charles Curme and remained open until 1843 (Peter Davey's MS., Enthoven Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum). Since then it has been used as a warehouse and all the fittings have been removed leaving only the structural framing which defined the various parts of the theatre.

(The 19th-century wing and the 17th-century building excepting the S. half of the theatre demolished in 1965).'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453540 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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