The Stockport Plaza
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Stockport Plaza by Richard Law as part of the Geograph project.
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The Stockport Plaza
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 18 Mar 2023
A night-time view of the Grade II* listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101257697-plaza-cinema-brinnington-and-central-ward & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1257697 cinema, which was opened in the 1930s. It was built in a lavish Art-Deco style, taking many cues from the formative 1925 Paris Exhibition, and was listed in 1997 as "an exceptionally complete example of a 1930s 'super' cinema, which survives little altered and retains its Compton organ". Other photos on Geograph such as Image & Image record that there was a substantial programme of restoration in 2009 or so, prior to its reopening at the end of that year.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.409153
Longitude
-2.161342