Ultimate Picture Palace
Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Qxford, OX4 1BN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1278732
- Date first listed:
- 23-Sept-1994
- Statutory Address:
- Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Qxford, OX4 1BN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1278732
- Date first listed:
- 23-Sept-1994
- Statutory Address 1:
- Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Qxford, OX4 1BN
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Qxford, OX4 1BN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Oxford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 52613 05838
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 15 December 2025 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
SP5205
612- /19/10033
OXFORD
JEUNE STREET (east side)
Ultimate Picture Palace
(Formerly listed as Penultimate Picture Palace (former))
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Cinema. 1910-11 by John R Wilkins. A warehouse from the early 1920s until 1976, it was restored and updated as the Penultimate Picture Palace. Rendered brick facade, plain tile roof. Simple rectangular plan of single-tier auditorium facing a screen originally painted on to the rear wall. Projection box over entrance.
The facade demonstrates the simple layout adopted in early English cinemas of a central external paybox flanked by an entrance and exit door. This example with Roman Doric columns supporting frieze and segmental top fascia board. The interior with simple panelling once typical of early cinemas; these once common buildings were so primitive as to now be rare.
The Picture Palace or Electra cinema was built for Frank Stuart, owner of the listed Elm Tree public house next door, which is similar in style and with which it forms a strong group.
Source: Paul J Marriott, Early Oxford Picture Palaces, 1978
Listing NGR: SP5261305838
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 405050
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Marriott, P J, Early Oxford Picture Palaces, (1978)
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