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Latitude: 51.6192 / 51°37'9"N
Longitude: -3.9464 / 3°56'47"W
OS Eastings: 265343
OS Northings: 192945
OS Grid: SS653929
Mapcode National: GBR WRJ.CW
Mapcode Global: VH4K9.KK1L
Plus Code: 9C3RJ393+MC
Entry Name: Former Carlton Cinema (Including Nos.18B & 18C)
Listing Date: 20 March 1981
Last Amended: 30 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 11602
Building Class: Commercial
Also known as: Carlton Cinema de Luxe
ID on this website: 300011602
Location: Very large frontage in range of lower buildings.
County: Swansea
Community: Castle (Castell)
Community: Castle
Locality: Swansea
Built-Up Area: Swansea
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Cinema
1913-14. Designed by C T Ruthen, architect of Swansea for Swansea Electric Cinema Co Ltd; Henry Billings of Swansea, contractors (Cost £15,000). Cinema closed 29 October 1977.
Structure of reinforced concrete, steel and brick with facade of Doulton’s White Carraraware. Bronzeware to capitals and bases of columns.
4 storey, 3 bay symmetrical front (painted ground floor) with end towers. Ribbed domes, swags and volutes to drums, scrolled pediments to columned aedicules over wreather bull’s-eye windows. Balustraded and solid parapet over deep dentil and egg-and-dart cornice. Ionic columns in antis to centre bay with semi-dome to giant arched bow window lighting ironwork balconies inside, foliage spandrels.
Three levels of tripartite windows to rusticated sides with squat Doric/Ionic/Corinthian columns, moulded and sculptured decorative panels with dancing putti. Outer ground floor bays have large arched openings (blocked) with panelled pilasters, foliage spandrels and grotesque keyblocks. Recessed modern shop front to centre.
Ground floor interior retains part of columned treatment to ovoid open staircase at rear of shop (formerly foyer). Rest of interior formerly had plasterwork to gallery front and to the barrel vault at rear of auditorium etc.
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