Built 1903 by Hope & Maxwell, with interior decoration by A. R. Dean. Opened 7 Dec 1903 with Sidney Jones's comic opera "My Lady Molly". Originally 2600 seats (plus standing room for 700). From 1928, used as a cinema. 1930 major interior rebuilding by W. E. Trent and Ernest Tulley, leaving only the exterior. Reopened 30 Mar 1931 as "Gaumont Palace". 1937 renamed "Gaumont". Closed 29 Feb 1964. Subsequently demolished in favour of the office block "Midland House".

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