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Gaumont State, Kilburn

199 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7HY

A 4,004-seater auditorium! A 120-foot tall tower! 20 dressing rooms! A 400 seat restaurant! Behold! This was the largest cinema ever built in England!

Kilburn High Road

Area:North

Borough:Brent

Gaumont, HaymarketGate, Notting Hill
Gaumont State, Kilburn 7

Gaumont State, Kilburn

Area

North

Open

1937-//-1990

Borough

Brent
Cinema opened: 1937
First film: Wee Willie WinkieBig Business
Temp. closure: 1981—1985 † (Redevelopment)
Cinema closed: 1990
Orig. screens: 1
Orig. capacity: 4,004
Usage: Religious (Ruach City Church)
Architect: George Coles
Style: Art DecoItalian Renaissance
Listed: II*
AKA: Odeon Kilburn
Circuit: Gaumont British (1937—1960)Rank (1962—1982)Odeon (1985—1990)

† approximate dates

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