Spiral Staircase, Customs House

Spiral Staircase, Customs House

Image Details

Title Spiral Staircase, Customs House
Reference Number STH0006619
Photographer Bardwell Keith
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1994
Original Format Colour photograph
Period 1990s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information View looking up the spiral staircase in the Customs House. 
Originally, a shipping office for the Merchant Navy. The building was
built in 1863-64 with an extension built in 1865. The present building
is owned by South Tyneside MBC (1992). It was converted into a theatre
during the early 1990s and opened on 25th November 1994.The building
comprises a theatre of 441 seats, a 145 seat studio, a gallery, a
restaurant, a bar, a box-office, and a community room that holds 100
people. The offices, rehearsal room and Community Room are located in
refurbished warehouses running alongside the main building (Daltons
Lane).