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Latitude: 51.7587 / 51°45'31"N
Longitude: -0.5605 / 0°33'37"W
OS Eastings: 499449
OS Northings: 207645
OS Grid: SP994076
Mapcode National: GBR F55.P3Y
Mapcode Global: VHFS4.72J4
Plus Code: 9C3XQC5Q+FQ
Entry Name: Rex Cinema
Listing Date: 26 February 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1078110
English Heritage Legacy ID: 355493
Also known as: The Rex, Berkhamsted
Studio Cinema
ID on this website: 101078110
Location: Dacorum, Hertfordshire, HP4
County: Hertfordshire
District: Dacorum
Civil Parish: Berkhamsted
Built-Up Area: Berkhamsted
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Great Berkhamsted
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Cinema
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839 HIGH STREET
SP 9907 NW 1/78
Rex Cinema
II GV
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Cinema, 1938. Architect David E Nye. Brick with faience and painted reconstructed
stone(?) to front facade. 1 to 2 storeys. Bowed facade with 7-light window between
vertical piers, and projecting canopy above entrance (now enclosed within late C20
facia). Late C20 replacement doors. Return to left with cantilevered projection
room to first floor. Good surviving interiors. Main auditorium now partitioned, but
decoration survives. Rich Art Deco proscenium arch with fibrous plaster decorations;
horizontal wave motifs in plaster to walls punctuated with plaster shell decoration;
circular light fittings to circle roof. Former restaurant area to rear of stalls
with four fluted columns with fluted light fittings in place of capitals, and much
fibrous plaster floral decoration. Double height entrance hall with grand staircase
and original mirrors.
Listing NGR: SP9944907645
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