Listed Building record MDO19931 - Palace Cinema, 35 South Street, Bridport

Electric Palace cinema, with pair of shops to front. Built in 1926 for the Palmer brewing family as a dual use cinema and opera house. A steel-framed structure clad in brick.

Cinema, formerly the Electric Palace, and opera house, with pair of shops to front. 1926 for the Palmer brewing family. Steel frame clad in brick on land-locked site, roof not seen. Cinema entered down passage between shops in two-storey front range, which opens to form forecourt under glazed canopy. Cinema with stage, single small balcony and small staircase foyer. Six bay front, the central two bays projecting slightly under slightly raised parapet over passage entrance, and with continuous cornice band. Casement windows to first floor. Shops have angled fronts to street and passage, retaining original leaded upper glazing, and corner columns on deep plinth. Passage with segmental arch. <4>

<1> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/08440 (Index). SDO14738.

BRIDPORT SURVEY

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF111624 (Index). SDO14738.

Bridport Project

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, DP000759 (Index). SDO14738.

Exterior view of the entrance from South Street to the Palace Cinema, Bridport

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1511293 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 30 2024 11:17AM