Interior of a house in Hill Street
Interior of a house in Hill Street
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Interior of a house in Hill Street
SC_PHL_01_684_81_11844 (Collage 169204)
London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
Number 5 Hill Street is an early-eighteenth century three-storey house in the Central Richmond Conservation area of Richmond-upon-Thames. It was Grade II listed in 1979; listing number: 1065435. From 1914 it served as the frontage for a cinema auditorium built to the rear, originally known as The New Royalty Kinema, and became The Gaumont in 1949, retaining the name until it closed in 1980. The auditorium was demolished and rebuilt as the Filmhouse with a new frontage on Water Lane, now the Curzon Richmond. The house retains many original features, including a full-height balustraded staircase, panelling, and some original fireplaces. The cellar is currently occupied by the Richmond Vault beer cellar, and the upper floors by a private dental practice. This interior view shows part of the vaulted cellar and a door left ajar with two cans of industrial adhesive. A removed glass sign leaning against the wall to the bottom right of view shows CIRCLE, removed presumably from the recently closed cinema auditorium.
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