Gate Cinema

The Gate Cinema is a Grade II listed cinema in Notting Hill Gate, London W11.[1] Since 2003 it has been operated by Picturehouse Cinemas.[2]

It opened in April 1911 as the Electric Palace with capacity for 480,[2] having been converted by William Hancock from an 1861 restaurant.[1] Later it was renamed The Embassy.[2] The building was damaged during the Blitz and the replacement exterior was much plainer.[2] In 1962 the foyer was rebuilt by Douton and Hurst.[1]

The cinema was renamed The Gate in 1974.[2] It was Grade II listed by English Heritage in 2000 as part of a wave of cinema building listings, largely for the mostly unaltered auditorium and its "exceptionally lavish Edwardian baroque plaster decoration".[1][3] After being take over by Picturehouse Cinemas in 2003, it was refurbished in 2004 and again in 2024.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Historic England. "The Gate Cinema, Notting Hill Gate (1385016)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The Gate Picturehouse | Notting Hill Cinema". Picturehouse. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  3. ^ Eyles, Allen (March 2000). "Screen saving". History Today. 50 (5): 2–3.
  4. ^ de Semlyen, Phil (1 October 2024). "This historic west London cinema has just had a glow-up". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  • Media related to Gate Cinema at Wikimedia Commons
  • CinemaTreasures: Gate Picturehouse

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