Picturehouse Central

Great Windmill Street and Shaftesbury Avenue,
London, W1D 7DH

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Zappomatic
Zappomatic on November 19, 2013 at 8:46 am

A planning application has been made to turn this into a Picturehouse cinema complete with new ground floor entrance, cafebar etc.

From Westminster council’s website:

13/09849/FULL | Use of part ground, first, second, third, and fourth floors as a mixed use cinema, cafe, and members' bar Sui Generis. Erection of new roof terrace at fourth floor for use as members' bar which is enclosed by new railings and accessed by a new stair core on Coventry Street elevation. Erection of three canopies over proposed fourth floor terrace. Installation of replacement windows at third and fourth floor levels on Coventry Street and Great Windmill Street elevations. Installation of replacement ground floor shopfront to colonnade on Great Windmill Street. Installation of two pairs of gates in existing ground floor railings on Great Windmill Street elevation. Erection of three awning at front ground floor level on Great Windmill Street elevation. Installation of two dormer windows in roofslope at fourth floor level on Coventry Street elevation. Installation of new plant at fourth floor and roof level. Internal alterations. | 7-14 Coventry Street London W1D 6DG

Zappomatic
Zappomatic on December 17, 2012 at 4:02 pm

Recently had new foyer carpet and all circulation areas repainted.

Zappomatic
Zappomatic on August 30, 2011 at 8:08 pm

According to a planning application for the redevelopment of part of the Trocadero complex into a hotel, seating capacities are:

Screen 1 – 205
Screen 2 – 505 Screen 3 – 155 Screen 4 – 84 Screen 5 – 83 Screen 6 – 97 Screen 7 – 164

Zappomatic
Zappomatic on August 9, 2011 at 7:16 pm

The smaller screens on the top floor have finally gone digital. Rather glad of that as the quality of projection in some of those screens was often laughably bad! Also seems to have gained the benefit of music before films instead of a hissing noise.

Zappomatic
Zappomatic on April 27, 2011 at 6:42 pm

Sorry, missed the link! View link

Zappomatic
Zappomatic on April 26, 2011 at 5:29 pm

In the top right of this pic you can see the entrance to this cinema in its guise as MGMM in 1994.

Zappomatic
Zappomatic on March 7, 2011 at 5:13 pm

Very grainy shot of screen 1: View link
Close up of seats in screen 6: View link

woody
woody on October 24, 2009 at 5:40 am

stunning exterior shot october 2009 as scaffolding goes up for external cleaning and removal of the Planet Hollywood signage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4037819959/

Ian
Ian on August 11, 2007 at 2:34 pm

Here is a photo of the London Pavilion which now houses the Trocadero centre:–

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JackCoursey
JackCoursey on August 3, 2006 at 6:01 am

Here is a photo from July 2006 of the Shaftesbury.