Description

TQ 29 NE
3/13

GREAT NORTH ROAD
ODEON CINEMA

II
Cinema.1934 by Edgar Simmons as a County Cinema, taken over by Odeon before completion. Steel frame, clad in brick with rendered centrepiece, sheet metal roof. Plan of foyer on two levels leading to double-height auditorium with balcony. Rendered 3-storey, 6-bay rounded centrepiece with half-glazed entrance doors: six Moorish-style lancets rising 2 storeys. Flanked by brick towers with red brick diaperwork and tal recessed panels.

Interior: foyer has Moorish-style paybox and original doors; moulded 'marble' column to octagonal light well, with decorative metal balustrade to balcony and stairs. Fine Art Deco auditorium, with stepped mouldings surrounding stepped Moorish lancets, flanked by decorative metal grilles; cornice with devrons; ceiling decoration based on octagonal patterns, with stepped mouldings surrounding central octagon with Art Deco "strapwork"; stepped mouldings to proscenium arch.

Listing NGR: TQ2548295738

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Odeon Cinema, Barnet at Wikipedia
• Odeon Cinema, Barnet official website
• Wikidata Q20876247

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)