Restoration work completed on Victorian theatre

The illuminated sign at the top of the building has also been fully restored

A major restoration project on a Grade II-listed Victorian theatre has been completed.

The eight-month work at Blackpool's Grand Theatre saw broken stone and brick work replaired and repointed and large areas of the roof replaced.

The illuminated sign at the top of the building has also been fully restored for the first time since the 1970s.

The funding from Arts Council England will be also be used towards making the theatre, which opened in 1894, more accessible to visitors.

The eight-month work at Blackpool's Grand Theatre saw stone and brick work replaced

Chief executive Adam Knight said: "The results of these specialist restoration works are terrific and make a demonstrable positive contribution to the revitalisation of the town centre.

"The capital investment has also realised a long-term ambition to recreate the much missed illuminated sign and return the theatre's famous dome and iconic pineapple finial to their former glory."