SNN111419 - Cannon Cinema, Abington Square, Northampton: A Report on the Intrinsic and Relative Interest of a Cinema Built in 1936, for Public Inquiry

The Savoy cinema and shops complex was built in 1936 for the Associated British Cinemas to the designs of W.R. Glen, the in-house architect and cinema specialist. It was listed in 1994, at grade II, as a special example of a complete 1930s interior and a rare survival of the work of W.R.Glen. It is the only Glen cinema that is listed, although the listed Forum, Liverpool, (1931) by A. E. Shennan, has much input by Glen in the interior decoration. The owners of the Cannon wish to remove the balcony from the auditorium to make more space for the suspension of objects as part of a themed pub. Carol Pyrah, inspector for the East Midlands team, requested some background information on the work and importance of cinemas designed by W.R. Glen, how this one fits in to his oeuvre, and the rarity of interiors such as this, to help prepare her proof of evidence for an inquiry to take place in November 1998.