Category Archives: Art Deo

High Street No. 201-203 High Street (former Zodiac Toys) – Heritage Building Profile

Posted on 16 December 2024 by campaignr

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’. Happily, the 2024 planning application to turn this into a plain block of flats … Continue reading →

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High Street No. 242, Picture House Cinema – Heritage Buildings

Posted on 13 October 2019 by campaignr

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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High Street No. 44, the former Gaumont Cinema – Heritage Building Profile

Posted on 13 October 2019 by campaignr

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 →

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Charles Cowles-Voysey, Architect, Art Deco in Bromley

Posted on 30 September 2019 by campaignr

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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