A detail of decorative grilles and a painted frieze depicting a processional scene, on an ante-proscenium wall in the auditorium of the Granada Cinema

Date:
1984 - 1989
Location:
Granada Cinema, Sheepcote Road, Harrow, Greater London Authority
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Reference:
NWC01/01/2178
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Granada Theatre, or Granada Cinema, opened in 1937. It was designed by J Owen Bond, with the interior by Theodore Komisarjevsky in a typical style for a Granada cinema: three bays of grilles or decoration on the ante-proscenium walls, and a large light fitting within circular decorative plasterwork on the auditorium's ceiling. The Granada was later taken over by Cannon Cinemas in 1989, then Virgin Cinemas in 1995. It closed as the ABC Cinema in 1996. The building was converted into a gym.

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: Bond, James Owen

Interior Designer: Komisarjevsky, Theodore

Keywords

Decorated Panel, Frieze, Grille, Mid 20th Century Cinema, Leisure And Recreation