Scott Cinema

The cinema opened as one of the chain of Odeon Cinemas. It was designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt, who designed other cinemas of the Odeon chain including the Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare. The film The Amateur Gentleman was shown on the opening night, 13 July 1936. The auditorium seated 1,525, of which 931 were in the stalls and 594 in a raised balcony that did not overhang the stalls. There were stage facilities, used by local drama companies. Externally, the corner entrance was below a tower, and to its left the building included a row of shops with flats above.