Westmacott Street, Picturedrome and Variety Palace
Westmacott Street, Picturedrome and Variety Palace
HER Number
12849
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westmacott Street, Picturedrome and Variety Palace
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Cinema
Site Type: Specific
Cinema
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Opened October 1910. A temporary building in wood and corrugated iron, 58 feet x 48 feet in plan. The foyer and projection box was in a wooden lean-to. There was one toilet behind a curtain to the right of the screen. The owner was Marshall J. Rutter, a house painter from Lemington. Rutter moved to the new Picture Theatre at Lemington in 1911 (HER 12850). The Picturedrome was taken over by Thomas R. Fyall but soon closed.
Easting
416310
Northing
565570
Grid Reference
NZ416310565570
Sources
Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, page 131; Frank Manders, 2005, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 37, 130, 131, 160