Windsor Cinema

Ian on August 1, 2024 at 5:11 am

Nottingham Windsor Cinema. Designed in art deco style by Alfred Thraves. It had a wealth of internal plasterwork, which looks very like Mollo & Egan to me, and much still survives. It was converted to Cinemascope in 1955, at which point the original proscenium and possibly the decorative side grilles may have lost - there is no trace of them now. The balcony has also been partially removed, and a false floor inserted at the screen end. It closed in June 1962, and became a Players Gift Showroom, before its current use as a carpet warehouse. Believed to be under threat of redevelopment. The roof is in poor condition. The facade is mostly intact under the cladding, originally with an elegant canopy above the entrance doors, with three tall windows (now blocked off) at first floor level that lit the circle foyer. It may well have had neon lighting. Clearly (even now) this was once a very elegant cinema, but the size of the site, together with the adjacent car park, is likely to prove its downfall in the near future.

WINDSOR CINEMA - Exterior

WINDSOR CINEMA - Ceiling above balcony

WINDSOR CINEMA - Foyer

WINDSOR CINEMA - Art deco window on stairs to circle

dave on February 25, 2018 at 2:43 pm

In the ‘60s this was the Players No.6 gift showroom where we exchanged the cigarette coupons for stuff (to make us feel good about smoking!)