Buxton Opera House

Light fittings emerge from guilded ornate plasterwork

Close up of the theatre seats showing the ornate casting on the arms.

View of the stage showing detail of the top of a column in the foreground.

Theatrical frieze

View of the Dress Circle and rose stained glass window

Light detail on the Dress Circle balcony

Cherub with tambourine

The ceiling in the auditorium is decorated with both ornate plasterwork and friezes

Close up of the egg and dart and acanthus leaf detail on the mouldings throughout the foyer

More plaster mouldings and gold leaf.

The guard rails on the dress circle. More curved lines and a beautiful contrast with the green velvet.

Swags of green velvet curtains.

Throughout the Opera house you will see framed performance bills from the past. This image shows a bill from 1911

Performance bill, framed and on display in the Opera House

Close up of a door fingerplate.

Detail of a wall light fitting in the Opera House

The scroll appears again at the end of the brass bannister in the foyer

Even the chandelier manages to continue the loops and swirls featured elsewhere in the building

More acanthus leaves picked out in gold leaf.

Aerial view of the seats in the auditorium from one of the boxes.

Close image of a cherub with hair picked out in gold leaf

Ornate guilded plasterwork

Scroll details in the plasterwork is picked out with gold leaf. Acanthus leaf moulding also picked out in gold leaf.

Portrait in a gold leaf frame.

An uplighter picks up the detail of the plaster moulding and gold leaf.

View of the plaster moulding at the edge of the Dress Circle.

Detail of chreub and gold leaf picking out the egg and dart and acanthus leaf shaped mouldings to the ceiling

Chreub supporting a plinth. Hair and robe picked out in gold leaf.

Uplighter and ornate plasterwork. Until viewed close up it is easy to miss the painstaking detail which went into the decoration of the Opera House.

Painted by hand. Directions to Box F

Detail of one of the light fittings. Again the scroll is present.

Plaster moulding of fruit and flowers.

Details of tiling found on some of the stairwells of the Opera House.

Velvet rope with brass fasteners.

Seats in the auditorium

The stalls bar with the focus on two glasses in the foreground.

A view of the stalls bar door with the bar in the background.

The scroll theme continues through into the brass end of the bannister rail

A close up of the mosaic in the floor of the foyer. The scroll theme continues throughout the Opera House

Plaster moulding with areas highlighted in gold leaf.

Detail of the old fire hose.

Detail is everywhere - even the door handles.

Stained glass signs on the Opera House exterior

Stained glass signs on the exterior of the Opera House

Beautifully carved marble in the foyer.

More detail of moulded cast iron radiators. Close inspection reveals another cherub on each panel.

Close up of marble interior with directions to Dress Circle, Upper Circle and Gallery picked out.

Cherub with plucked string instrument and robe picked out in gold leaf. Also shows detail of plaser moulding.

Close up of artwork in the Opera House

Close up of artwork in the Opera House