Information for record number MWA7515:
New Cinema

Summary Site of the New Cinema built in the late 1930s. The Cinema was demolished in 1988. The Site lies in Coton End, 50m south-east of the Oak Inn public house.
What Is It?  
Type: Cinema
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Late 1930s brick cinema, 878 seats, 'modernistic' style with tower feature at west end. The cinema was opened shortly before the 2nd World War and demolished in January 1988. The site has since been redeveloped. AIA index number RAS 4.
2 Cathy Coutts says that it was formerly known as Warwick cinema and that it closed in the 1960s and became incorporated into the Healey International Sports Car Centre.
3 The original statement for the above information as
2 derives from the Victoria County History account of the town. This records that the cinema was closed during the early 1960s.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 8, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pugh R B (ed)
Date: 1969
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 8
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Ind Arch Survey
Author/originator: Green M J
Date: 1994
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: RAS 4
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
monument INN * A public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers, etc. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ARCH * A structure over an opening usually formed of wedge-shaped blocks of brick or stone held together by mutual pressure and supported at the sides; they can also be formed from moulded concrete/ cast metal. A component; use for free-standing structure only. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument TOWER * A tall building, either round, square or polygonal in plan, used for a variety of purposes, including defence, as a landmark, for the hanging of bells, industrial functions, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SEAT * An external structure used to sit on. back
monument PUBLIC HOUSE * The public house was a 19th century development, distinctive from the earlier BEER HOUSE by its decorative treatment and fittings. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back
monument CINEMA * A building where people pay to see films and 'moving pictures'. back

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