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Former Odeon Cinema (Capones Night Club)

A Grade II Listed Building in St. Julians (Sain Silian), Newport

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5914 / 51°35'29"N

Longitude: -2.9906 / 2°59'25"W

OS Eastings: 331475

OS Northings: 188530

OS Grid: ST314885

Mapcode National: GBR J6.BSKT

Mapcode Global: VH7BD.38WB

Plus Code: 9C3VH2R5+HQ

Entry Name: Former Odeon Cinema (Capones Night Club)

Listing Date: 12 March 1999

Last Amended: 12 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21460

Building Class: Recreational

Also known as: Newport City Live Arena
Newport Odeon
Newport City Church
Neon Newport
Odeon Theatre

ID on this website: 300021460

Location: On corner site, opposite junction with Corporation Road, near War Memorial.

County: Newport

Community: St. Julians (Sain Silian)

Community: St. Julians

Built-Up Area: Newport

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Cinema Music venue

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History

1938, by Arthur Price. Although Harry Weedon, architect, of Birmingham, is normally credited with the design of Odeon Cinemas, he in fact held an executive position, employing design teams of architects (his staff is said to have numbered over 140), and exercising overall control on the Odeon house style.

Exterior

Cinema in 1930s Modernist style, with Art Deco influences. Red-brown, and brown brickwork with channelling; extensive buff and black faience work. Rounded corner entrance with canopy, above which is tall narrow brick fin with vertical ribbing. To L of entrance, facing Clarence Place, elevation is mostly faience with strip windows on 3 levels; at L end, recessed exit block with tall window. To R of entrance, projecting D-plan turret with flat roof, band of windows at eaves, and 3 round windows to Clarence Place. Side and rear elevations in brick with red-brown brick above brown brick ground floor.

Interior

Largely removed in conversion to new use; some 1930s detailing remains in foyer area.

Reasons for Listing

Rare surviving example in Wales of cinema whose exterior preserves the distinctive architectural vocabulary of the 1930s Odeon style.

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