Granada (London)

• Theatre ID
  789
• Built / Converted
  1939
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Cinema (multi-screen night club complex)
• Address
  Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, London, KT1 1QP, England

Details

The Granada plans started as an ambitious cinema theatre called The State, planned by the Hyam brothers in 1938. This included a curved proscenium arch stage with full facilities, and a restaurant over the foyer. Possibly because of the intervention of war, the uncompleted building was taken over by Granada and modified; however, the internal entrance hall was very impressive with much gilt work and chandeliers and this led to a very fine classical style auditorium in typical Komisarjevsky dér. It lasted in this form until it was tripled in 1975.

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• Events
  • 1938 Owner/Management: Hyams brothers, owners (site and planning)
  • 1939 Design/Construction:
    • Theodore Komisarjevsky - Consultant: Interior Design
    • George Coles - Architect
  • 1939 Owner/Management: Granada, owners
  • 1975 Alteration: tripled (architect unknown).
  • 1988 Alteration: converted to multi-screen night club complex (architect unknown).
  • 1990 Owner/Management: MGM, lessees (of cinema section)
• Capacities
  • Original: 1600
• Listings
  • Grade II
• Unreliable anecdotes
  Opened by Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale