Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City
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Welwyn Garden City AL8 6ST
Welwyn Garden City | |
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| Address | Barn Close Welwyn Garden City AL8 6ST |
|---|---|
| Location | Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°47′54″N 0°12′54″W / 51.7984°N 0.2150°W |
| Public transit | Welwyn Garden City |
| Owner | Barn Theatre Trust |
| Designation | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | The Barn Theatre |
| Designated | 4 November 1980 |
| Reference no. | 1348120 |
| Type | Theatre |
| Seating type | Seated auditorium |
| Capacity | 121 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | January 1932 |
| Website | |
| www.barntheatre.co.uk | |
The Barn Theatre, located in Welwyn Garden City, England is a Grade II listed, 17th-century timber-framed barn converted to a community theatre in 1931.[1]
It is owned by The Barn Theatre Trust and used by a local amateur theatre company, The Barn Theatre Club. It has two performance spaces: a main auditorium and a studio.
The original barn or barns that form the current building were constructed from timbers dated to 1597 by dendrochronology in 2014, most probably sourced from nearby Sherrardspark Wood.[2]
The building in its current form was constructed on its present site on Handside Lane in or around 1830, as part of Lower Handside Farm.[3]
It was converted from a cowshed to a theatre in 1931 and opened in January 1932.[4][5] In 1969 the Barn Theatre Club was formed from the combined Welwyn Drama Club and Welwyn Folk Players.[4]
The building was Grade II listed on 4 November 1980 and bought by the Barn Theatre Trust in 1984.[6]