Carthalia - London: Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill

London: Coronet Theatre

Country: England, United Kingdom
City: London
Borough: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Location: Notting Hill, 103-111 Notting Hill Gate

Built 1898 by W. G. R. Sprague. Opened 1898 as "Coronet Theatre". 1143 seats. Converted into a cinema in 1923. 1950 renamed "Gaumont Theatre". 1977 renamed "Coronet Cinema" (399 seats). Closed 2014. Purchased by the "Print Room Theatre", renovated by Studio Indigo and re-opened as "Coronet Theatre".

[Another "Coronet Cinema" operated in the Elephant and Castle area of the London Borough of Southwark from 1981 to 1999, was then converted into the nightclub "The Coronet" and closed in 2018.]

Links: www.thecoronettheatre.com, www.arthurlloyd.co.uk, Theatres Trust, EUTA, CinemaTreasures, Wikipedia

London: Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Front Text: "The Coronet Theatre. Managing Director E. G. Saunders, Architect W. G. R. Sprague"
Reverse Text: "The old Coronet Theatre, built in 1898, is Notting Hill Gate's most interesting historic building, but is threatened with demolition. This card is sold in aid of a Fund to preserve and restore the building. Should dhe campaign fail, any profits will go to the Save-London-Theatres Fund.".
Publisher: Save the Gaumont Committee
Type: late 20th-century reproduction of a c. 1900 print
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London: Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Front Text: "The Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London", signed: N. Charlesworth 1989
Reverse Text: "Drawn by Nicholas Charlesworth".
Publisher: The Badger Press, Westbury; Vaudeville Postcards
Size: Modern
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London: Gate Cinema Picture: left: Gate Cinema, right: Coronet Theatre
Front Text: sign: "Coronet", marquee: advertising the 1999 film "Notting Hill"
Reverse Text: "Cinemas in Notting Hill, London, showing the film 'Notting Hill'"
Publisher: Skyline Cards, London; NP 35
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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