Address | Bridge Street Bradford England |
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Coordinates | 53°47′33″N 1°45′04″W / 53.7925°N 1.7511°W |
Owner | Bradford Theatres |
Designation | Listed Building Grade II* |
Type | Concert Hall |
Capacity | 1,335 Short Stage Format |
Construction | |
Opened | 29 August 1853 |
Years active | 167 |
Architect | Henry Francis Lockwood and William Mawson |
St George's Hall is a strategic grade II* listed Victorian building located in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Originally designed with a seating capacity of 3,500, the hall seats up to 1,335 people and 1,550 for standing concerts.[1][failed verification] It is one of the oldest concert halls still in use in the United Kingdom. German Jewish wool merchants who had moved to Bradford because of its textile industry, partly financed the building of St George's Hall, and were instrumental in its construction.