Former Cannon Cinema

Former Cannon Cinema, Abington Square, Northampton, NN1 4AE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1249275
Date first listed:: 19-Oct-1994
List Entry Name:: Former Cannon Cinema
Statutory Address:: Former Cannon Cinema, Abington Square, Northampton, NN1 4AE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1249275
Date first listed:: 19-Oct-1994
List Entry Name:: Former Cannon Cinema
Statutory Address 1:: Former Cannon Cinema, Abington Square, Northampton, NN1 4AE

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Former Cannon Cinema, Abington Square, Northampton, NN1 4AE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Northampton
National Grid Reference:: SP 75925 60796

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TQ 7660 6/10009

NORTHAMPTON ABINGTON SQUARE Former Cannon Cinema

(Formerly listed as Cinema Cannon Cinema)

GV II

Cinema, 1936 by William R Glen for Associated British Cinemas. Rendered concrete and brick; roof not visible behind high parapets. Corner site with double-height entrance hall, leading to principal auditorium, Screen 1, with stalls and balcony. Secondary screens installed under balcony.

Facade a stepped back composition with moderne curves set back behind complimentary curves of adjoining shops (not of special architectural or historic interest), with five bays divided by projecting fins. Five double doors lead to foyer. Late C20 canopy not of special interest.

Interior: Screen one retains original proscenium, ribbed like a wireless set in the German moderne style, into which decorative vents are cut at right angles. Stage with orchestra pit. Front stalls survive with seating, but out of use; area under stalls now subdivided into smaller screens behind dropped wall, but this does not affect the architectural composition. Ceiling over balcony an elaborate sequence of steps and coves, containing lighting.

Included as one of only two largely surviving examples of the work of W R Glen, Britain's most prolific cinema architect.

Source: Allen Byles, The Cinemas of ABC, 1993.

Listing NGR: SP7592560796

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Legacy System number:: 431362
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Eyles, A, ABC. The First Name in Entertainment, (1993)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.