Southwick Road, Cora Picture House
Southwick Road, Cora Picture House
HER Number
              13550
          District
              Sunderland
          Site Name
              Southwick Road, Cora Picture House
          Place
              Southwick
          Map Sheet
              NZ35NE
          Class
              Recreational
          Site Type: Broad
              Cinema
          Site Type: Specific
              Cinema
          General Period
              20TH CENTURY
          Specific Period
              Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
          Form of Evidence
              Demolished Building
          Description
              The Wheatsheaf Hall at the bottom of Southwick Road and the corner of the Wheatsheaf was taken over by Lough and Richardson in 1906.  A year later James Tindle took it over and renamed it the Wheatsheaf Picture Hall it was renamed later as the Coronation Picture Palace after the Coronation of George V and after 1913 became known as the Cora. James Tindle's son, James Jnr inherited it from his father. When James Jnr died his widow Margaret continued to run the cinema. The cinema closed in 1959 and the building demolished in 1982 to make way for road improvements.
          Easting
              439500
          Northing
              558000
          Grid Reference
              NZ439500558000
    Sources
              Anderson, A. (1995) A century of Sunderland Cinemas