place

State Cinema

Buildings and structures in ThurrockCinemas in EssexGrade II* listed buildings in EssexGrays, EssexUse British English from November 2013
The State Nov 07
The State Nov 07

The State Cinema is a Grade II* Listed building in Grays, Essex. Designed by F. G. M. Chancellor under Matcham & Co., it opened in 1938 as one of the most modern cinemas of its type at the time with seating for 2200 people. As a cinema, it closed in 1988 but has held numerous events and been used for various purposes since. Historic England describe the cinema as being "one of the best preserved of the super cinemas of the late 1930s." In recent years, the building has been vandalised and pilfered from and has suffered water damage from a failing roof system. Its decay was so bad that it was entered onto Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register on which it was assessed as being "very bad". The building was bought by Wetherspoons in 2018 for conversion to public house. Works commenced in 2019 but stalled in 2020. The building has been put up for sale by Wetherspoons as of October 2022. The building was sold pre-auction in May 2023 to London based businessman Naveed Ahmad via his property development company London Developments Global for an undisclosed amount.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article State Cinema (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

State Cinema
George Street, Thurrock

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: State CinemaContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 51.4775 ° E 0.321667 °
placeShow on map

Address

State Cinema

George Street
RM17 6LY Thurrock, Chafford Hundred
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

The State Nov 07
The State Nov 07
Share experience

Nearby Places