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Architectural Town Walk

The Coliseum Theatre, now Ceredigion Museum, was built on the site of stables

The Coliseum Theatre,
now Ceredigion Museum

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The Coliseum Theatre, now Ceredigion Museum, was built on the site of stables with a hall above, all of which burnt down in 1903. David Phillips built a new theatre, following the advice of the Chief of the London Fire Brigade, Captain Shaw (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame), by ensuring that it had plenty of good exits. The architect was Arthur Jones (see below for the schoolroom to St David's United Reform Church in Bath Street and for Cambrian Chambers and the nearby corner building in Terrace Road). The building is faced with tiles, probably made in Ruabon, North Wales, as were many on new, early-20th-century buildings in Aberystwyth, except that the Coliseum tiles are yellow and the others are terracotta. The Coliseum was converted into a cinema in 1932 simply by installing a concrete projection box on the top gallery. It closed in 1977 and opened as a museum in 1983.

Phillips was unable to purchase the entire site, hence the T-shape of his building, with facades on Terrace Road, Bath Street and Portland Street. It is unusual in having a statue of King Edward VII in each facade.

There was a local manufacturer of terracotta. Dr. Harries' Aqua-Terra-Cotta works was beside the River Rheidol where Aberystwyth Holiday Village now is. Is the building in Corporation Street of local material?

Varsity, formerly the White Horse Hotel and before that Rea's Bar

Please note the window of the Varsity, formerly the White Horse Hotel and before that Rea's Bar.

Left into Terrace Road

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