Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18094 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Regent Cinema, Regent Road |
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Summary
This cinema was built in 1914 and remains a rare example of a cinema that has not been altered since it was built. It still retains a stage, dressing rooms and original mouldings. The cinema was also used for live stage entertainment. It was once supposed to be the most luxurious cinema outside London. The artificial stone reliefs are by Crotch and Son of Norwich.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 5280 0759 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG50NW |
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| Parish: | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Built 1914, once supposed to be the most luxurious cinema outside London. Now a rare example of cinema totally surviving as originally built with dressing rooms for stage performances etc.
See (S1)-(S3) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 7 May 1982.
See (S4) for full description including the interesting information that the artificial stone reliefs are by Crotch and Son of Norwich, not a firm such as Burmantofts as one might expect.
E. Rose (NLA), 28 April 1999.
Monument Types
- CINEMA (World War One to 21st Century - 1914 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1999. TG 5207ACS. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 528. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Ashbourne, T.. 2006. Frederick Cooper.. Yarmouth Archaeology. p 13 ff. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1982. [Articles on the campaign to save and listing of Regent Cinema, Great Yarmouth]. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Yarmouth Mercury. 1982. Regent may be saved. 3 September. |
| <S3> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1985. A masterpiece (photograph of the Regent Cinema,circa 1914). 18 April. |
| <S4> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1245987. |
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