Memory Palaces

Architectural Style: Art Deco

Cinema architecture showcases diverse styles, from the opulent Art Deco and Baroque of early movie palaces to the sleek, minimalist designs of contemporary multiplexes.

Each style reflects its era’s cultural and aesthetic values.

Exploring the Memory Palaces provides a crash course in 20th-century urban architecture.

Cine Lumiere 10
Cine Lumiere 10

Kensington and Chelsea — Central

Cine Lumiere

17 Queensberry Place, SW7 2DT

1996—

South Kensington

Coronet, Eltham 7

Greenwich — South

Coronet, Eltham

99 Well Hall Road, SE9 6LX

1936—2000

Welling

The Coronet, Holloway 1

Islington — North

Coronet, Holloway

338 Holloway Road, N7 6PA

1940—1983

Holloway Road

Everyman, Barnet 1

Barnet — North

Everyman, Barnet

Great North Road, New Barnet EN5 1AB

1935—

High Barnet

Everyman, Muswell Hill 10

Haringey — North

Everyman, Muswell Hill

Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill N10 3HP

1936—

Highgate

Gaumont State, Kilburn

Brent — North

Gaumont State, Kilburn

199 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7HY

1937—1990

Kilburn High Road

Gaumont, Haymarket 1

Westminster — Central

Gaumont, Haymarket

48 Haymarket, SW1Y 4SD

1925—2000

Piccadilly Circus

Genesis, Bethnal Green

Tower Hamlets — East

Genesis, Bethnal Green

93-95 Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, E1 4UJ

1939—

Stepney Green

Granada, Acton 8

Ealing — West

Granada, Acton

34 High Street, Acton, W3 6LJ

1937—1972

Acton Central

Granada, Clapham Junction 2

Wandsworth — South West

Granada, Clapham Junction

58 St John's Hill, SW11

1937—1980

Clapham Junction

Granada, Woolwich 6

Greenwich — South

Granada, Woolwich

174-186 Powis Street, Woolwich SE18 6JP

1937—1966

Woolwich Dockyard

Mayfair, Brick Lane 1

Tower Hamlets — East

Mayfair, Brick Lane

46 Brick Lane, E1 6RF

1936—

Liverpool Street

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