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Tag Archives: Art Deco
High Street No. 201-203 High Street (former Zodiac Toys) – Heritage Building Profile
This beautiful Art Deco building is thought to have been built in 1885, when it is recorded as the shop for H.J. Luker, a ‘Silk Mercer’. Unfortunately there is an application to turn this into a plain block of flats … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deo, High St North, Neo-Classic
Tagged Art Deco, Heritage Buildings, High Street (North)
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High Street No. 242, Picture House Cinema – Heritage Buildings
Opened on the 21st December 1936, it is one of Odeon’s original “Oscar Deutsch Odeon” cinemas, in Art Deco style, by George Coles. It seated 1,492 in the main auditorium; with 1,018 in the stalls and 474 in the circle. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Deco, Heritage Buildings, High Street (North), Picture_House
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High Street No. 44, the former Gaumont Cinema – Heritage Building Profile
Account by Lynne Galloghly, thanks to the Bromley Gloss group, on 17th August 2015 “Thanks Amanda for info and photos! Photos showing the site from 1935 (before construction), 1940, 1950’s, 2007, and 2014. “Bromley’s first cinema opened in 1909 in … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deo, High St & Broadway
Tagged Art Deco, Cinema, William E. Trent
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High Street No. 86-96: Ravensfell Parade – Heritage Building Profile
86-96 High Street, Bromley, is the Ravensfell Parade of 2 storey shops, in Art Deco style from the 1920s. Continue reading
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Charles Cowles-Voysey, Architect, Art Deco in Bromley
Charles Cowles Voysey (1889-1981) was a renowned architect from the early part of the 20th Century. In Bromley he was responsible for the ‘Town Hall extension’ (1939) and the former Magistrates Court (1939). Elsewhere, his notable works include Worthing Town … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Deco, Charles Cowles-Voysey, Former Magistrates Court, Town Hall Extension
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Community House (former Magistrates Court) – Heritage Building Profile
Fine Art Deco brick and stone building with portico and cupula. By architect C Cowles Voysey in 1939, and forming part of an identifiable group of public buildings Continue reading
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Tagged Art Deco, Former Magistrates Court, Heritage Buildings, LBB-Bromley-North-Trail, Neo Gothic, South Street
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High Street No. 54-62 (Laura Ashley’s) – Heritage building profile
54-62 High Street, Bromley, is a 3-storey building Art Deco building in brick and stone; it boasts the Lord Haw-Haw clock on the corner. Continue reading
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