education, cinema
James Thompson, 1848
307 Regent Street, W1B 2HW
The University of Westminster was one of the first polytechnics in the UK – established in 1838, to educate the working people of London, regardless of background and financial status. Housed in the building is the Regent Street Cinema, widely regarded as the ‘birthplace of British cinema’, with the first public premiere of film in the UK by the Lumière Brothers using the Cinématographe in 1896.
Oxford Circus
Victoria
3, 12, 88, 453, C2
Fully accessible - incorporates a lift and wheelchair access. The cinema is 100 yards down Regent Street from Oxford Circus tube station.
Presentation on the history of the cinema Q+A on the creation of Regent Street Cinema Presenting the original Lumière film on big screen
Regent Street Cinema is the birthplace of British cinema (original wings housed within the newer building of 309 Regent Street), where the first public premiere of film in the UK by the Lumière brothers using the Cinématographe, took place in 1896. The cinema also houses a John Compton organ that gave sound to silent films. George Mitchell 1911
Guided tour
historical house, institution/profession, museum
Grade II* listed building with neoclassical portico. Highly decorated meeting rooms throughout the building with ceiling and wall mouldings, and artwork featuring Venus the Goddess of Love and the Greek Muses.
Robert and James Adam, 1776
Drop in / Guided tour
community/cultural, gallery, concert/performance space, mixed use, institution/profession, art in the public realm, museum
Loughborough Pearson's red brick building is unimposing from the outside, but inside is a riot of Gothic Revival design. Golden mosaics reveal the character of the Grade II* listed chapel, built as part of the Middlesex Hospital.
J. L. Pearson, 1891
