Survey Data
Reg No
20512752
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Cultural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Theatre/opera house/concert hall
In Use As
Theatre/opera house/concert hall
Date
1960 - 1970
Coordinates
167479, 72055
Date Recorded
18/03/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached multiple-bay opera house built 1963-5 and refronted 2000 with atrium to east elevation. Flat roof with fly tower. Split concrete block walls with limestone ashlar cladding to atrium.
Appraisal
Cork Opera House was designed by Michael Scott (1905-89) and occupies the site of an earlier opera house variously known as "The Athenaeum" (1855), "The Munster Hall" (1875) or "The Opera House" (1877), which was destroyed by accidental fire (12th December 1955). Although altered in 2000, the Scott façade giving way to an atrium, the galleried auditorium and stage house survive largely intact.