Erection date: 3/5/1894
This stone was laid by Henry Irving, May 3rd 1894.
Proprietor - T. Phipps Dorman
Manager - C. Rider-Noble
Frank Matcham - Architect
Although not actually named, this lonely, vandalised stone is all that remains of the theatre.
SW2, Effra Road, Windrush Square
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Brixton Theatre foundation stone
Theatre designed by Frank Matcham. It had a capacity of 1,504, and was home t...
Theatre architect. Born Newton Abbot, Devon. Never qualified as an architect ...
Theatre manager and film cameraman. Born in Roydon, Essex. Details of his lif...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Brixton Theatre foundation stone
Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near pover...
This stone is actually a plaster replica of the original stone, at the National Museum of Denmark. Made in 1948 for a post-war Danish exh...
Some of the names on the memorial are illegible. We have found a list on the War Memorials Register and another on the Lewisham War Memor...
Unveiling page tells that the sarsen stone was donated by a farmer in the Avebury area of Wiltshire. We cannot explain the "MEC" - perhap...
We thank Tom Long for the information about the crest.
{Beneath the Royal Air Force badge:} In memory of Flight Lieutenant Richard Carew Reynell from Australia of No. 43 Squadron who lost his ...
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 23. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
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