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Entrance halls
Rex cinema, Corporation Street, Coventry: the ticket office
RIBA2541-10
NOTES: Built for and operated by the local independent Philpot Circuit, this cinema opened in 1937 only to be totally destroyed by German bombing on 2nd November 1940.
Odeon cinema, Well Hall, Eltham, London: the entrance foyer
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NOTES: This cinema closed in 2000. Despite being designated Grade II listed status, the building has been disused since 2005 and fallen into a ruinous state.
Odeon cinema, High Street and Avenue Road, Erith, London: the entrance foyer
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NOTES: Closed as an Odeon in 1967 and taken over by Classic, this cinema was subdivided for stalls bingo and a new balcony cinema in 1973. It closed definitively in 1996 and was demolished in 2002. A block of flats and retail units was built on the site in 2005.
Queen's Inclosure Middle School, Cowplain, Waterlooville, Hampshire: the central spine corridor seen from the playground
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NOTES: This was the third middle school (for 8 to 12 year-olds) built for the Hampshire education department. The steel-framed building located next to a 90-acre wood has class bases along one side and offices and service spaces along the other. The middle school system was abandoned in Hampshire in 1994 and this school became Queen's Inclosure Primary School.
Daily Express Building, 120-129 Fleet Street, City of London: the entrance hall
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NOTES: Robert Atkinson was responsible for the interiors.
Odeon cinema, Christchurch Road, Lansdowne, Bournemouth, Dorset: the entrance foyer
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NOTES: Closed as an Odeon in 1974, it reopened as a Top Rank Club bingo hall which closed in 1976. It reopened as the Gala Club for bingo in 2004.
The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, City of London: the entrance lobby to the Four Per Cent (later Old Dividend) Office
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NOTES: The Bank interiors were restored by Donald Insall Associates.
