Art Nouveau stained glass panels in the window of the first floor foyer in the Torbay Cinema

Date:
1970 - 1999
Location:
Torbay Cinema, Torbay Road, Paignton, Torbay
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Paignton Electric Picture Palace, Torbay Road, Paignton, Torbay
Paignton Picture House, 2 Queen's Park Road, Paignton, Torbay
Reference:
NWC01/01/1413
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The cinema probably opened in around 1912, and operated as the Paignton Electric Picture Palace and the Paignton Picture House. It was modernised and renamed in the 1930s and 1940s, and became the Torbay Cinema in 1968. Agatha Christie is said to have been a regular patron. The cinema closed in 1999. The building is a well-preserved early purpose-built cinema.

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: Hyams & Hodgen

Keywords

Stained Glass, Window, Early 20th Century Cinema, Leisure And Recreation