Denton Burn, Thorntree Drive, Embassy Cinema

HER Number:
12834

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton Burn, Thorntree Drive, Embassy Cinema

Place:
Denton Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Cinema

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Opened 6 September 1937 as part of a new housing estate. The developers were Messrs. J. W. Longstaff and J. Bain. The architect was Robert Burke. It had 936 seats. The decoration was by Fred A. Foster of Nottingham and the lighting effects by Falk Stadelmann. The Embassy was advertised as 'Newcastle's Premier Suburban Cinema' with 'Trolleybus to door'. The Embassy closed on 25 June 1960. It opened as a bingo club in 1963.

Easting:
2015

Northing:
6493

Grid Reference:
NZ20156493

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 48-49; Frank Manders, 2005, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 83-84, 154, 157