Description

OXFORD
SP5205 JEUNE STREET
612- /19/10033 (East side)
Penultimate Picture Palace
(former)
GV II
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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Ultimate Picture Palace at Wikipedia
• Ultimate Picture Palace official website
• Wikidata Q7880229

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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