In the entry for MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD TQ 5839 NW TQ 5839 NE (east side) 3/280 The Opera House, 6/280 with shops below numbers 84 to 96 (even) and numbers 38 to 50 (even) Monson Road including numbers 24.11.66 38 to 50 (even) Opera Colonnade II the description shall be amended; Theatre incorporating shops on three sides. Built in 1902 to the designs of John Briggs. Symmetrical composition in Neo-georgian style with a Baroque centrepiece. Built of red brick with ashlar dressings with central copper dome and smaller domes at the sides. Three storeys, 23 windows in all to principal elevation. The centre 9 bays form the major composition with flanking six bay wings. Central dome with oculus above broken pediment supported on paired Ionic pilasters. Central curved balcony with round-headed arch and three round-headed openings with french windows. Three flanking bays have oculi with carved figures above second floor and central section terminates with a pediment and double pilasters. Twelve-pane sashes throughout on second floor and fifteen-pane sashes to first floor. the outer ends of the wings end in domes. Outer bays have baroque doorways to the ground floor set against banded rustication. Shops on ground floor. INTERIOR. Foyer has dado panelling, two fireplaces with pilasters, swags and console brackets and two arches with Ionic piers. Main staircase, probably altered after 1923, leads to bar which has mahogany bar fitment with round-headed arch with carved shell motif and painting of C18 revellers and painted fireplace. The auditorium has two slightly curved balconies of six and eight rows each with straight slips running to ranges of superimposed boxes, four on each side. The upper boxes have gryphons at the head of each subdividing pilaster. The Dress Circle retains a glazed screen with lily decoration and the seating probably dates from the cinema conversion of 1923. The Gallery retains original tip up seating with lily motif. The Proscenium is rectangular with elaborately scrolled brackets in the corners and a curved pedimental tablte above the centre flanked by reclining figures personifying Music and Drama. The main ceiling is in the form of a panelled saucer dome set within a richly moulded rectangular frame. Flytower retains scenery winch and metal hooks. MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD 1. 1746 (East Side) The Opera House with the shops below Nos 84 to 96 (even) and Nos 38 to 50 (even) Monson Road including Nos 38 to 50 (even) Opera Colonnade TQ 5839 NW 3/280 24.11.66. TQ 5839 NE 6/280 II 2. Built in 1902. Architect John Briggs. 3 storeys red brick. Central copper dome and smaller similar domes at the angles. 23 windows in all. Central apsed recess of stone. 3 window on each side of this flanked by double stone pilasters. Beyond these on each side are 2 sections of 3 windows each, flanked by single stone pilasters. Shops on ground floor. Matching return fronts to north and south. Listing NGR: TQ5849039600