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Mermaid Theatre, Royal Exchange, Threadneedle Street and Cornhill, City of London: the theatre roof closing the courtyard to the sky

RIBA Ref No RIBA56282
Architect/DesignerTite, Sir William (1798-1873)
Artist/PhotographerPantlin, John (1917-2003)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1844
Image Date1953
ViewInterior
StyleVictorian
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP372/3
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectCourtyards ; Colonnades ; Exchanges ; Conversion of buildings ; Arches ; Theatres ; Roofs
NOTES: Trading ceased at this the third Royal Exchange in 1939 and later, in the 1990s, the building was refurbished as an upmarket shopping mall. The Mermaid Theatre was established in the courtyard in 1953 where it resided until its relocation to the purpose-built Mermaid Theatre at Puddle Dock in 1959.
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