1909 Queen’s Hall opened at 20-26 Peckham High Street, SE15 5SJ.
1914 Became Queen’s Hall Picture Theatre.
1937 Demolished.
1938 Peckham Odeon built on the site.
Designed by architect Andrew Mather (1891-1938).
Seating: 1,442 in the stalls and 668 in the circle.
1974 Odeon was converted into a triple screen cinema.
1981 Renamed The Ace.
1983 Peckham Odeon closed.
1985 Building demolished. |
1898 Crown Theatre opened at 169 Peckham High Street, SE15 5SL map.
Designed by Ernest Runtz (1859-1913).
Renamed Peckham Hippodrome.
1912 Theatre became Peckham Hippodrome Picture Palace.
1929 Building demolished.
1932 Gaumont Palace built on the site of the old Hippodrome.
Designed by Frank T Verity (1864–1937) and Samuel Beverley (1896-1959).
1937 Name changed to Peckham Gaumont.
1941 Bombed in WW2.
1944 Damaged by a V1 rocket.
1945 Gaumont reopened.
1961 Cinema closed and became a Bingo Hall.
2002 Building demolished. |
1914 Tower Cinema opened at 116 Rye Lane, SE15.
Designed by H. Courtenay Constantine (1884-1971) with a distinctive 100 foot tower.
Other cinemas by him with a tower feature are Scala Kings Cross and Angel Islington.
1956 Tower Cinema closed.
Auditorium demolished.
Current status: Auditorium now a car park. Exterior restored but tower shortened. |
Photo is of the Peckham Picture Playhouse (see below)
Nos 56-58. Cinema House/Imperial Playhouse (1911-1933)
Current status: Primark?
No 133. Electric Theatre (1908-1915)
Ground Floor Bussey Building.
Current status: Retail (Peckham Market)
Nos 164-166. Peckham Cinematograph Theatre
1905 Showed films.
1915 Became Cinematograph Theatre.
1917 Renamed Tower Annexe.
1940 Tower Annexe bombed during World War II & closed down. Building repaired and auditorium converted into a clothing factory. Entrance later a shop, then amusement arcade, then back to retail.
No 213. American Bioscope/Cosy Bioscope
1910 American Bioscope opened.
1914 Renamed Cosy Bioscope.
1915 Closed down.
Current status: Retail.
Rye Lane Corner. Peckham Picture Playhouse
1911 Opened with seats for 700.
1917 Closed.
Demolished. |
