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Towers Cinema was a former cinema in Hornchurch, England. It was built in 1935 on part of the former Grey Towers estate and was noted for its Art Deco style of architecture. From 1973 it was used as a bingo hall until it closed in 2015. Despite the efforts of a local campaign to preserve the structure and to have it listed by Historic England, the building was demolished to make way for a Lidl supermarket. (en) |
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31 High Street, Hornchurch, ,RM11 1TP (en) |
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dbr:Kemp_&_Tasker |
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dbr:Streamline_Moderne dbr:Art_Deco_architecture |
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1935 |
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dbr:Hornchurch dbr:Greater_London |
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1973-10-06 (xsd:date) |
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1935-08-03 (xsd:date) |
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wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Towers_Cinema_Hornchurch.jpg?width=300 |
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http://www.hornchurchlife.co.uk/history/the-history-of-the-mecca-towers-building/%7Cwebsite=HornchurchLife%7Caccess-date=13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160909214016/http:/www.hornchurchlife.co.uk/history/the-history-of-the-mecca-towers-building/%7Carchive-date=9 |
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| dbp:architect |
Leslie Hagger Kemp & Frederick Edward Tasker (en) |
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dbr:Kemp_&_Tasker |
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Former cinema (en) |
| dbp:closingDate |
1973-10-06 (xsd:date) (en) |
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1935 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:date |
May 2016 (en) |
| dbp:demolitionDate |
April 2017 (en) |
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Towers Cinema Hornchurch, as Mecca Bingo (en) |
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dbr:Hornchurch dbr:Greater_London |
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United Kingdom (en) |
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Towers Cinema location in Greater London (en) |
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Towers Cinema (en) |
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Towers Cinema (en) |
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1935-08-03 (xsd:date) |
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Interior design by Clark & Fenn (en) |
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vague (en) |
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dbr:Cinema |
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Towers Cinema was a former cinema in Hornchurch, England. It was built in 1935 on part of the former Grey Towers estate and was noted for its Art Deco style of architecture. From 1973 it was used as a bingo hall until it closed in 2015. Despite the efforts of a local campaign to preserve the structure and to have it listed by Historic England, the building was demolished to make way for a Lidl supermarket. (en) |
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Towers Cinema (en) |
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