The Forum, Bath
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The Forum was built as an art deco
cinema
in Bath, Somerset
, England in 1934, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
It was built by William Henry Watkins and E Morgan Willmott, assisted by A Stuart Gray, with a steel frame covered by Bath Stone
. Above the auditorium is a ballroom and below it on the exterior of the building are shops.
The 2000 seat building was opened on the 19th May 1934 by the Marquis of Bath and was used as a cinema until 1969 when it was home to a dancing school and bingo hall. The building is owned by Bath and North East Somerset Council, and from 1988 is let on a very long term lease to the Bath Christian Trust as the home of Bath City Church. It is also used for concerts, performances and presentations.
The Forum has undergone a programme of extensive, and widely acclaimed, renovations under the supervision of Stubbs Rich Architects.
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
cinema
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
in Bath, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England in 1934, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
It was built by William Henry Watkins and E Morgan Willmott, assisted by A Stuart Gray, with a steel frame covered by Bath Stone
Bath Stone
Bath Stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England, its warm, honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of Bath, England its distinctive appearance...
. Above the auditorium is a ballroom and below it on the exterior of the building are shops.
The 2000 seat building was opened on the 19th May 1934 by the Marquis of Bath and was used as a cinema until 1969 when it was home to a dancing school and bingo hall. The building is owned by Bath and North East Somerset Council, and from 1988 is let on a very long term lease to the Bath Christian Trust as the home of Bath City Church. It is also used for concerts, performances and presentations.
The Forum has undergone a programme of extensive, and widely acclaimed, renovations under the supervision of Stubbs Rich Architects.