Description

HARTLEPOOL RABY ROAD
NZ 5032
(west side)
4/92 & 10/92 Odeon Cinema

GV II

Wrongly shown on O.S. plan as Hart Road. Cinema, 1936 by W. & T. R. Milburn
Partnership. Steel and concrete structure clad in dull red brick and
sandstone ashlar, roof not visible. Gently-curved front with main mass
stepping gradually upwards from right to symmetrical frontispiece above
entrance. Channelled rusticated ground floor with 9 blank panels in centre
and right parts. Paired entrances with ticket office between and
quadrant-curved sides with small curved shop windows. Wide projecting
canopy, with fluted fascia and patterned soffit, extends to right to shelter
long-forgotten queues. Tall frieze above entrance carved with
over-life-size figures of athletic dancers in Art Deco background. Vertical
panels above to stepped parapet. Blank upper right part has close-set
parallel brick bands above stone floor band which continues below frieze
into curved left angle bay with small shop below full-height curved stair
window with close-set mullions and transom at second-floor level. Narrow
bands of windows on plain left return. Disused at time of survey. Formerly
known as Majestic Cinema.

Listing NGR: NZ5057332953

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542443

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