Huntingdon Hall
Theatre and music venue in Worcester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huntingdon Hall is a Grade II* listed[1] theatre and concert venue located in Worcester, England.
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Huntingdon Hall | |
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Former names | Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel |
General information | |
Location | Bell Square, Crowngate, Worcester, England |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Huntingdon Hall |
Designated | 22 May 1954 |
Reference no. | 1063893 |
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It was built in 1773 and opened on the 31st of October of that year as the Countess of Huntingdon's Church by her first cousin Walter Shirley.[2] Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon, described the building as 'exceedingly handsome' in a letter to her friend John Hawksworth.[2]
In his book Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner describes Huntingdon Hall as "an odd plan... a three-bay chapel with a hipped roof and behind it, transversely, a large oblong part apsed at both ends."[3]