Theatres · North East England
Hippodrome Cinema
Hippodrome Cinema in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Hippodrome Cinema is a cinema or movie theatre in England North East, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness is an early example of a purpose-built cinema and thought to be the oldest such building surviving in Scotland. The cinema, which opened in 1912, was built for the Bo'ness cinematography pioneer Louis Dickson and designed by renowned local architect Matthew Steele. It is designated as a Category A listed building.
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Background
History
The name and the circular form of the building that Steele produced for Dickson might suggest that it was originally designed as a circus or theatre venue for travelling shows, but the earliest known plans, dated October 1911, show no evidence of this. They do, however, show a dedicated Operators box for a projector and are labelled 'Proposed Picture Palace, Hope Street'. Constructed on a corner site, the Hippodrome consists of a circular auditorium with wrap-around gallery facing a proscenium and small stage. What little ancillary space was wrapped around this filled in the corners of the site. The October 1911 plans show that at this stage the lavatories were 'to be built later'. The flat…
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- Coordinates
- 55.1698, -1.5620
- Address
- Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
Sources
- wikidata: Q38518752 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hippodrome Cinema?
- Hippodrome Cinema is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.1698°, -1.5620°.