The exterior of the Beacon Bingo Hall, formerly the Loughborough Odeon cinema, viewed from the south east, in Loughborough, Leicestershire

Date:
1974- 2017
Location:
Beacon Bingo Hall, Baxter Gate, Loughborough, Charnwood, Leicestershire
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Odeon Cinema, Baxtergate, Loughborough, Charnwood, Leicestershire
Classic Cinema, Baxter Gate, Loughborough, Charnwood, Leicestershire
Reference:
NWC01/01/0812
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The cinema originally opened as part of the Odeon chain in 1936. It was designed by architect Arthur J. Price, who worked for the firm Harry Weedon Partnership. The entire façade of the building was covered in glazed ceramic tiles manufactured locally.

The theatre was sold to the Classic Cinema chain in 1967 and renamed the Classic Cinema. The building occasionally hosted bingo, but stopped showing films in 1974, after which it became a full-time Mecca Bingo Hall. In 2020 the building remains in use as a Bingo Hall and in 2008 it received Grade II listed status.

Content

This is part of the Series: NWC01/01 Norman Walley: Series of slides; within the Collection: NWC01 Norman Walley Cinema Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walley, Norman

Architect: Price, Arthur J

Keywords

Art Deco, 20th Century Cinema, 20th Century Bingo Hall, Leisure And Recreation