Southwick Road, Cora Picture House
Southwick Road, Cora Picture House
HER Number
13550
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Southwick Road, Cora Picture House
Place
Southwick
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
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
The Wheatsheaf Hall at the bottom of Southwick Road and the corner of the Wheatsheaf was taken over by Lough and Richardson in 1906. A year later James Tindle took it over and renamed it the Wheatsheaf Picture Hall it was renamed later as the Coronation Picture Palace after the Coronation of George V and after 1913 became known as the Cora. James Tindle's son, James Jnr inherited it from his father. When James Jnr died his widow Margaret continued to run the cinema. The cinema closed in 1959 and the building demolished in 1982 to make way for road improvements.
Easting
439500
Northing
558000
Grid Reference
NZ439500558000
Sources
Anderson, A. (1995) A century of Sunderland Cinemas