Gate Cinema
Grade II listed building in Notting Hill Gate, London
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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]
