Gaumont State Cinema
Historic site · Kilburn, England
The Gaumont State Cinema stands at 197-199 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7HY, and is listed Grade II*, NHLE 1078889, on 10 October 1980, under the name Mecca Bingo, its use at the date of listing. It is in use as Ruach City Church rather than as a general-admission attraction, and the frontage and tower are in view from Kilburn High Road. Brondesbury is 551 m away, Kilburn High Road 575 m and Kilburn Park 719 m.
History
George Coles designed it and the cinema seated 4,004. Its 120 ft (37 m) tower is modelled on the Empire State Building and gave the building the name State. Wikidata holds it as Q5527683, links it to the National Heritage List entry and describes it as an Art Deco theatre in Kilburn. The site is in Kilburn ward, on the Brent side of the Brent-Camden boundary that Kilburn High Road follows.
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197-199 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, London NW6 7HY
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