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Address | 306-308
Liverpool Road,
Enfield Sydney, New South Wales Australia |
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Coordinates | 33°53′13″S 151°05′34″E / 33.88686°S 151.09290°E |
Capacity | 1,878 |
Current use | Hardware store |
Construction | |
Opened | 16 November 1927 |
Closed | 9 January 1960 |
Architect | Clifford M. Chard, Lewis Kaberry, George Newton Kenworthy |
Website | |
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The Enfield Savoy Theatre (previously the Enfield Cinema; subsequently the Hoyts Savoy Theatre; also known as the Enfield Savoy) was a theatre and cinema located at 306-308 Liverpool Road, Enfield, a suburb in the inner west region of Sydney, New South Wales. The building now functions as a hardware store.
Designed by the architectural firm Kaberry and Chard, [1] the theatre was opened on 16 November 1927, with a seating capacity of 1,878. [2] In 1928 Enfield Council valued the building at A£17,000. [1]
In 1930 there was an armed hold up at the theatre. [3] In 1932, Western Suburbs Cinemas Ltd, a company which also operated the Strathfield Melba and Homebush Theatre in Sydney’s western suburbs took over management of the Enfield Savoy. [1]
The theatre was redesigned in the Art Deco style in 1938. [4] The façade and interior were rebuilt under guidance of architect G N Kentworthy who also designed Cremorne Orpheum Theatre and a Christie organ was added and was opened by organist Dennis Palmistra. [2] The instrument was originally installed in the Hoyts De Luxe Theatre, Melbourne, then the Hoyts Plaza Theatre, Sydney. [1] [2] The cinema was renamed the Savoy and reopened by the Mayor of Enfield in July 1938. [1]
In 1944 Western Suburbs Cinemas Ltd was taken over by Hoyts resulting in a name change to the Hoyts Savoy Theatre. [1]
The last film shown at the cinema was Some Like It Hot in 1960. [4] [1]
It was converted into a carpet & furniture shop in 1981, and continues today as a plumbing & bathroom company. [5]
After the cinema closed, the building had various retail uses including Shoppers World (1960), [2] carpet and furniture store (1981), [2] Quality House, Whitewood Warehouse, and the Poliak Building Supply Company. [2] [4]
A campaign in 2017 to list the building on the local heritage register was unsuccessful. [6]
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Address | 306-308
Liverpool Road,
Enfield Sydney, New South Wales Australia |
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Coordinates | 33°53′13″S 151°05′34″E / 33.88686°S 151.09290°E |
Capacity | 1,878 |
Current use | Hardware store |
Construction | |
Opened | 16 November 1927 |
Closed | 9 January 1960 |
Architect | Clifford M. Chard, Lewis Kaberry, George Newton Kenworthy |
Website | |
strathfieldheritage |
The Enfield Savoy Theatre (previously the Enfield Cinema; subsequently the Hoyts Savoy Theatre; also known as the Enfield Savoy) was a theatre and cinema located at 306-308 Liverpool Road, Enfield, a suburb in the inner west region of Sydney, New South Wales. The building now functions as a hardware store.
Designed by the architectural firm Kaberry and Chard, [1] the theatre was opened on 16 November 1927, with a seating capacity of 1,878. [2] In 1928 Enfield Council valued the building at A£17,000. [1]
In 1930 there was an armed hold up at the theatre. [3] In 1932, Western Suburbs Cinemas Ltd, a company which also operated the Strathfield Melba and Homebush Theatre in Sydney’s western suburbs took over management of the Enfield Savoy. [1]
The theatre was redesigned in the Art Deco style in 1938. [4] The façade and interior were rebuilt under guidance of architect G N Kentworthy who also designed Cremorne Orpheum Theatre and a Christie organ was added and was opened by organist Dennis Palmistra. [2] The instrument was originally installed in the Hoyts De Luxe Theatre, Melbourne, then the Hoyts Plaza Theatre, Sydney. [1] [2] The cinema was renamed the Savoy and reopened by the Mayor of Enfield in July 1938. [1]
In 1944 Western Suburbs Cinemas Ltd was taken over by Hoyts resulting in a name change to the Hoyts Savoy Theatre. [1]
The last film shown at the cinema was Some Like It Hot in 1960. [4] [1]
It was converted into a carpet & furniture shop in 1981, and continues today as a plumbing & bathroom company. [5]
After the cinema closed, the building had various retail uses including Shoppers World (1960), [2] carpet and furniture store (1981), [2] Quality House, Whitewood Warehouse, and the Poliak Building Supply Company. [2] [4]
A campaign in 2017 to list the building on the local heritage register was unsuccessful. [6]
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