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
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.
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.
Largely removed in conversion to new use; some 1930s detailing remains in foyer area.
Rare surviving example in Wales of cinema whose exterior preserves the distinctive architectural vocabulary of the 1930s Odeon style.
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