Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3276 CAMBERWELL ROAD
636-1/11/181 (West side)
12/03/96 No.262
Regal Cinema

II

ABC cinema, now bingo hall. 1938-39. By Major Glen. Brick in
Flemish bond. Roof parapeted. Moderne style.
EXTERIOR: entrance lobby block projects from front wall of
cinema, the canopy intact, but its fascia replaced. All
openings are flat-arched. To the south of the lobby block a
taller stair tower. Theatre offices and hallways treated as a
nearly blank brick screen, pierced by a strip of windows with
metal casements. Right half of ground-floor obscured by used
car dealership. Return to the south relieved only by a strip
of windows and by the wall projecting by one brick's
thickness, giving a thin and planar effect. Rear elevation
with similar treatments.
INTERIOR: main entrance hall, double height, now divided by a
floor; the original decor, however, survives more or less
intact.
Features of note: a bas relief of the Muses to south wall;
visible from bar room above is the original entablature. Stair
leading to cinema and its mezzanine have coved and fluted
cornices and original railings. Corridor to upper circle,
rectangular in plan with original decorative features.
Main cinema in pink, green and light blue with gold trim and
railings; retains many original features including: proscenium
arch with keyed lintels set in wall on pink and green diamonds
with fleur-de-lys in gold; to either side of stage are metal
filigree screens set in full-height fluted surrounds with
stylised urns. Over the circle ceiling inset with scrolled
corners; scroll filigree rosettes from which the original
light fixtures are suspended; seating to upper circle of an
original design, the plan of the balcony a flattened "U". Side
walls set back in series of moulded panels, separated by
pilasters with shields.

Listing NGR: TQ3244677010

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658860

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