The Kinema in the Woods and Petwood House
Wednesday, 12 September 2012 - 01:26 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien General , Hotels , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Kinema in the Woods © geograph.org.uk/Rodney Burton
🔊 Listen to this Post The Kinema in the Woods is a cinema in the village of
Woodhall Spa ,
Lincolnshire . It dates from 1922, and it is the only fully functioning cinema in the UK to employ
back projection .
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Petwood Hotel © geograph.org.uk/David Wright
The building that houses the Kinema was originally a farm building, and after that, a concert pavilion. In 1906, it became the cricket pavilion for
Petwood House (later the
Petwood Hotel ) and was converted in 1922 by Captain (later Major) C. C. Allport into the
Pavilion Cinema .
The
Pavilion Cinema was only the 68th cinema to be opened in Britain – and the unique rear projection system is still used today in the original screen (Screen 1).
Major C.C. Allport ran the Kinema in the Woods from 1922 to 1973, when it was bought by its current owner, Mr James Green. A second screen, named Kinema Too, was added in 1994 and the main foyer was extended.
The Kinema is open 7 days a week, all year round, except Christmas Day. Evening shows run every night, with matinée shows at weekends and during school holidays. Resident organist Alan Underwood performs in the intervals of the film showing in the main screen (Screen 1) every Saturday night.
Read more on
The Kinema in the Woods ,
The Petwood Hotel and
Wikipedia The Kinema in the Woods . Photos by Wikipedia Commons.
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