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Latitude: 51.731 / 51°43'51"N
Longitude: 0.4747 / 0°28'29"E
OS Eastings: 570996
OS Northings: 206483
OS Grid: TL709064
Mapcode National: GBR PKK.DVK
Mapcode Global: VHJK2.5RTD
Plus Code: 9F32PFJF+9V
Entry Name: Regent Theatre
Listing Date: 21 August 1991
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1237377
English Heritage Legacy ID: 352619
Also known as: Regent Cinema
ID on this website: 101237377
Location: Moulsham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2
County: Essex
District: Chelmsford
Electoral Ward/Division: Moulsham and Central
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chelmsford
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Moulsham St John the Evangelist
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Theatre Pub Bingo hall Cinema
The following building shall be added:-
CHELMSFORD
TL 7006 SE MOULSHAM STREET
5/228 Regent Theatre
II
Cinema. 1915 by F Burdett Ward; foyer altered in 1935 by A E
Wiseman; converted to bingo and social club in mid 1970s. Brick,
plastered at front; slate roofs.
Circular on plan auditorium with balcony and boxes; stage and fly
tower to south east and deep entrance foyers with manager's office and
operator's room above. Rococo style.
2-storey 3-bay plastered front. Wide central bay with recessed
entrance on ground floor with C20 fascia. Narrow flanking bays with
curved open pediments and modillion cornices above, across first floor
with wide recessed balcony above at centre with heavy balustrade and
flanking rusticated bays with composite pilasters, festoons above
round arch windows and entablatures with egg-and-dart mouldings to
cornices. The central segmental pediment has been removed leaving
only the tympanum decoration of an oval with plumes below and festoons
and swags above, all in a high stepped parapet. At the rear there are
small round windows in the auditorium and the fly tower.
Interior: Richly decorated in Rococo style plasterwork including
auditorium ceiling, and walls, balcony front and soffit, boxes and
proscenium arch. Similar plasterwork in foyers; the stairs to balcony
foyer rebuilt in 1935 has wrought iron balustrade. The seating in the
auditorium has been removed.
Sources: Architect's drawings submitted to Borough of Chelmsford
1914.
Listing NGR: TL7099606483
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