Description

WELL HALL ROAD
(West Side)

TQ 4275 48/82 Coronet Cinema

II

Former Odeon, now Coronet cinema. 1936 by Andrew Mather and Horace Ward.
Built of brick with faience cladding to front; flat roof. 2 storeys.
Rectangular plan with projecting round glazed staircase tower and canopied
circular foyer with 3 double doors. Flat brick buttresses to stepped rear
elevation. Interior: foyer has original pay-box and circular "Odeon" sign
set in terrazzo floor, leading to stalls foyer with good etched glass mirror
(depicting cinema scene) and staircase with stepped handrail to return flight.
Circle foyer retains original curved lights and grilles. Auditorium of double
height with curved balcony; proscenium arch with simple rib work around screen;,
coved ceiling, with lighting set in soffits and decorative grilles to rear;
ribbed walls have round vents over curved wooden dado; original lighting system
and carbon-arc projection retained.

(R. Clegg, 0deon, 1985)

Listing NGR: TQ4244675420

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Coronet Cinema at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q27080558

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