The main facade of the Odeon Cinema, showing the full-width canopy and windows and sign above

Date:
Jun 1983 - Dec 1985
Location:
Odeon Cinema, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Paramount Theatre, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
Reference:
NWC01/01/2306
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Paramount Theatre opened in 1931 and was renamed the Odeon Cinema in 1940. It was built to the designs of Frank T Verity and Samuel Beverley, and was Listed at Grade II in 1999. The cinema was removed from the List shortly before it closed in 2002; the building was demolished in 2016-2017.

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: Verity And Beverley

Keywords

Early 20th Century Cinema, Leisure And Recreation