page_title: Opera House, Royal Tunbridge Wells
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Opera House, Royal Tunbridge Wells / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: The Opera House, Tunbridge Wells The foundation stone of the Opera House was laid on 10th October 1901 by Mayor W. H. Delves and Sir Beerbohm Tree. It opened in 1902. After a while it became a bingo hall and now houses a Wetherspoons pub, although the impressive interior has been preserved.
context_page_description: The Opera House is a former opera house and current pub in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. It is also a Grade II listed building.
context_section_description: The interior was designed in Edwardian Baroque and Neo-Georgian styles. The exterior includes a Baroque dome on the roof. The dome originally had a nude statue of Mercury on the top, which was removed in the 1920s, either because it was unstable in poor weather or was viewed as sinful by local residents. In 1923, the main staircase was altered to include an 18th-century painting of revelers.
caption: The Opera House
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