The Electric Cinema is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1974. A C20 Cinema. 6 related planning applications.
The Electric Cinema
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1974
- Type
- Cinema
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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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