Memory Palaces

Palace, Kentish Town 1Palace, Kentish Town 1
PeckhamplexOdeon, Woolwich
Cinema

Palace, Kentish Town

197 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2JU

One of those buildings that thousands of people pass every day without ever realising it used to be a cinema.

Kentish Town West

Area:North

Borough:Camden

PeckhamplexOdeon, Woolwich
Palace, Kentish Town

Palace, Kentish Town

Area

North

Open

1913—1959

Borough

Camden
Cinema opened: 1913
First film: The House of Temperley
Cinema closed: 1959
Final film: The Black OrchidWhen Hell Broke Loose
Orig. screens: 1
Orig. capacity: 1,200
Usage: Offices
Architect: John Stanley Beard
Style: Baroque
AKA: Gaumont
Circuit: Palatial Cinemas (1913—1920)Provincial Cinematograph Theatres (1920—1929)Gaumont British (1929—1959)

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