MOVING
PICTURES

reusing cinemas as places of worship in the diaspora.

Database:



Current site name
Original site name
Address
Management
Construction
Date
Heritage
Status
Adaption
Date
Religion


Aziziye Mosque
Apollo Picture House
117 Stoke Newington Rd
Turkish
1913
Unlisted
1994
Islam

Kingsway International Christian Centre
The Scala Cinema
468/474 Hoe Street, Walthamstow
1913
II
2004/7
Christian

The Islamic Centre of England
The Picture Palace
140 Maida Vale, Camden
Iranian
1913
II
1997/8
Islam

Gracepoint
Carlton
161/169 Essex Road, Islington
1930
II*
2013
Christian

Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG)
The Astoria Theatre
Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, Islington
Brazilian
1930
II*
1995
Christian

Ealing Christian Centre
Avenue Theatre
266-268 Northfield, Avenue, Ealing
1932
II*
1996
Christian

Tooting Islamic center
Mayfair
145 Upper Tooting Rd
1932
Unlisted
Islam

Zoroastrian Centre for Europe
Grosvenor Cinema
440 Alexandra Avenue, Harrow
Parsee
1936
II*
2000
Zoroastrian

Christ Faith Tabernacle Cathedral
Granada
Powis Street, Woolwich, Greenwich
Nigerian
1937
II*
2011
Christian

Deeper Life Bible Church
Granada
66 St John’s Hill, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth
Nigerian
1937
II*
2012
Christian

Minhaj-ul-Quran Educational Centre
Odeon
292-296 Romford Road, Forest Gate
Pakistani
1937
Unlisted
2001
Islam

New Wine Church
Odeon
John Wilson Street, Woolwich, Greenwich
1937
II
2001
Christian

Ruach City Church
Gaumont State
Kilburn High Road, Brent
1937
II*
2008/10
Christian

House of Praise
Regal
254-272 Camberwell Road, Southwark
1940
II
Christian

Dominion Centre
Gaumont Palace
9 The Broadway, High Rd, Wood Green
Ghanaian
1943
II*
Christian

 KEYWORDS: ARTS, ADAPTED RE-USE, ARCHITECTURE, SUSTAINABILITY.