Description

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CHELMSFORD
TL 7006 SE MOULSHAM STREET

5/228 Regent Theatre

II

Cinema. 1915 by F Burdett Ward; foyer altered in 1935 by A E
Wiseman; converted to bingo and social club in mid 1970s. Brick,
plastered at front; slate roofs.
Circular on plan auditorium with balcony and boxes; stage and fly
tower to south east and deep entrance foyers with manager's office and
operator's room above. Rococo style.
2-storey 3-bay plastered front. Wide central bay with recessed
entrance on ground floor with C20 fascia. Narrow flanking bays with
curved open pediments and modillion cornices above, across first floor
with wide recessed balcony above at centre with heavy balustrade and
flanking rusticated bays with composite pilasters, festoons above
round arch windows and entablatures with egg-and-dart mouldings to
cornices. The central segmental pediment has been removed leaving
only the tympanum decoration of an oval with plumes below and festoons
and swags above, all in a high stepped parapet. At the rear there are
small round windows in the auditorium and the fly tower.
Interior: Richly decorated in Rococo style plasterwork including
auditorium ceiling, and walls, balcony front and soffit, boxes and
proscenium arch. Similar plasterwork in foyers; the stairs to balcony
foyer rebuilt in 1935 has wrought iron balustrade. The seating in the
auditorium has been removed.
Sources: Architect's drawings submitted to Borough of Chelmsford
1914.

Listing NGR: TL7099606483

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530526

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