| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
|
| Address |
275 Kensington Road KENSINGTON PARK |
| Locality |
|
| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Burnside Council |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
The Regal Theatre (former Chelsea Cinema (originally Princess Theatre, then Marryatville Ozone) |
| Registered Name |
Chelsea Cinema |
| Significance |
Built in 1925 as the Princess Theatre, and currently operating as the Chelsea Cinema, this picture theatre was one of a number erected in metropolitan Adelaide to cater for the public demand for moving pictures which had grown significantly since their introduction to Adelaide in 1896.
In 1941 the cinema was extensively refurbished internally and externally in the Art Deco style. It retains a majority of its 1941 fixtures and fittings, including lighting, plasterwork, joinery and 'crying rooms', and remains, with the Piccadilly (State Heritage Place 13496) and the Capri (State Heritage Place 10670), one of three relatively intact Art Deco cinemas in the State.
Hence it is significant both as a rare example of an Art Deco cinema and for being a notable example of an intact cinema interior representing an era when cinema-going was a major recreational activity and impressive cinema interiors were part of making a night at the pictures a memorable experience. (HB 2/2009)
|
| Subject Index |
Recreation and entertainment - Cinema |
| Class |
State |
|
|
| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
24-MAR-1983 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Burnside |
| State Heritage ID |
10952 |
| Heritage Number |
8398 |
|
|
|
| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
|
| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5899/223 F141088 A27 |