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Latitude: 51.5155 / 51°30'55"N
Longitude: -0.2051 / 0°12'18"W
OS Eastings: 524644
OS Northings: 181150
OS Grid: TQ246811
Mapcode National: GBR C8.6YR
Mapcode Global: VHGQY.D5GJ
Plus Code: 9C3XGQ8V+6X
Entry Name: The Electric Cinema
Listing Date: 8 February 1974
Last Amended: 22 March 1989
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1266083
English Heritage Legacy ID: 423089
Also known as: Imperial Playhouse
Electric Cinema Club
Electric Cinema - Notting Hill
Electric Cinema Theatre
ID on this website: 101266083
Location: Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London, W11
County: London
District: Kensington and Chelsea
Electoral Ward/Division: Colville
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Kensington and Chelsea
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: All Saints Notting Hill
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Cinema
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/10/2012
TQ 2481 SE
15/1
8.2.74
PORTOBELLO ROAD W11
No 191 (The Electric Cinema)
II*
Cinema. 1910-12 by G S Valentin. Built of machine brick with facade of glazed
white tiles, rendered first floor. Two-storey, 2-bay front. Ground floor has
fluted Ionic pilasters flanking wide entry to left, narrow entry to right and
central window, all with flat arches, and two blind semi-circular arched
recesses with rusticated voussoirs; Baroque-style swags over central window;
cornice to plain, rendered upper storey which is surmounted by dome to left
of principal segmental-curved bay. Interior: rectangular auditorium executed
in Edwardian Baroque style, with ornate plasterwork and woodwork; segmental
barrel-vaulted ceiling with heavily moulded cartouches, fruity ribs mounted
on ornate cornice brackets and elaborate frieze with floral metopes; panelled
walls with swags, cartouches, and richly carved architraves; original gas lamps.
The oldest cinema with an interior of this quality to have survived in Britain.
Listing NGR: TQ2464481150
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