The Gainsborough Cinema is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1973. Cinema. 2 related planning applications.

The Gainsborough Cinema

WRENN ID
broken-soffit-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1973
Type
Cinema
Source
Historic England listing

Description

EAST STREET 1. 1692 The Gainsborough Cinema

II

    1. 2 storeys, stucco. Wide ground floor entrance with entablature over plain piers. Outer pilasters with ornamental heads ending below similar pilasters reaching up to small cornice with balustrade section adjacent. One window adjacent. Next to this is a matching pilaster, its head at a greater height supporting a parapet with segmental top with round window and swags. Over the entrance is a 3 light sash window with pilasters and entablature. Interior said to be of original date. Listed as an early example of a purpose built cinema.

Listing NGR: TL8751241436

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