New Wine Church (Former Odeon Cinema) is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1973. Church, cinema. 4 related planning applications.

New Wine Church (Former Odeon Cinema)

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 December 1973
Type
Church, cinema
Address
New Wine Church (Former Odeon Cinema), Gateway House, John Wilson Street, Woolwich, SE18 6QQ
OS grid reference
TQ 431 791
Coordinates
51.49321, 0.06051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

New Wine Church, formerly known as the Odeon Cinema, is a building constructed in 1937. It was designed by architect George Coles of Harry Weedon and Partners for Oscar Deutsch and the Odeon group of companies. This building is one of the best surviving examples of the "Odeon" style. The interior remains unaltered and features a free use of art-deco motifs around the proscenium.

Local climate

New Wine Church (Former Odeon Cinema) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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