Theatres · London
Towers Cinema
Towers Cinema in England London, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Towers Cinema is a cinema or movie theatre in England London, United Kingdom, dating from 1935. 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
Towers Cinema was a former cinema in Hornchurch, England. It was built in 1935 on part of the former Grey Towers estate and was noted for its Art Deco style of architecture. From 1973 it was used as a bingo hall until it closed in 2015. Despite the efforts of a local campaign to preserve the structure and to have it listed by Historic England, the building was demolished to make way for a Lidl supermarket.
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Background
History
The Towers Cinema was built on part of the former Grey Towers estate, a stately home which was demolished in 1931. During World War I, the estate had been requisitioned by the Army Council for use as a military hospital and army camp. A new cinema, named The Towers after the old mansion house, was built on the southern boundary of the Grey Towers estate, at the west end of Hornchurch High Street. The cinema was commissioned by David J. James, a brewing industrialist turned cinema impresario, for his D.J. James Cinema Circuit. It was designed by Leslie Hagger Kemp (1899–1997) and Frederick Edward Tasker, of the Kemp & Tasker partnership, which designed new and renovated existing cinemas for…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5633, 0.2145
- Address
- 31 High Street, Hornchurch, ,RM11 1TP
- Established
- 1935
Sources
- wikidata: Q21062395 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Towers Cinema (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Towers Cinema?
- Towers Cinema is in London, United Kingdom.
- When was Towers Cinema built?
- Built or established in 1935.
- Who owns Towers Cinema?
- Towers Cinema is owned by | architect = Leslie Hagger Kemp & Frederick Edward Tasker.