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Odeon cinema, 29 Abbey Road, Torquay, Devon

RIBA Ref No RIBA59608
Artist/PhotographerMaltby, John (1910-1980)
CountryUK: England
CityTorquay
Subject Date1937
Image Date1937
ViewExterior
StyleClassical Revival
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceMAL1828
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditJohn Maltby / RIBA Collections
SubjectConversion of buildings ; Theatres ; Cinemas ; Entrances ; Lettering ; Pediments
NOTES: Built as the Theatre Royal in 1863 and converted into the Royal cinema in 1933, this cinema was taken into the Odeon circuit in 1935. Renamed Odeon in 1937, it closed for twinning in 1973, reopening in 1974. Taken over by Merlin Cinemas in 2000, the downstairs cinema was tripled in 2001.
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