Hippodrome

The Bristol Hippodrome was designed by the renowned Theatre architect, Frank Matcham for Oswald Stoll, and was second only in size and grandeur to his London Coliseum, also designed by Frank Matcham in 1904. It opened on the 16th of December 1912. The Theatre's main entrance was constructed on the site of the former Smith & Co Furnishers shop. The frontage has been rebuilt at some point, possibly when the Hippodrome operated as a cinema in the 1930s.