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Date: 1941 Type: Cinema Style: Art Deco Status: Adaptive re-use Street: 178 Lower Main   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'57.75" S 18°27'59.64" E Alt: 16m

The Bijou Theatre in Observatory is one of the few remaining art deco cinemas. This is another magnificent example of William Hood GRANT’s architectural design and was opened as a cinema in 1941. It ceased being operational as a cinema before the 1995 explosion and fire which ravaged much of the building. At the time it was used as a plastics factory and is currently home to a blacksmith, coffee shop and art and photography studios. The building is graded as 3A by Local Heritage. (Jenny Calder, April 2019) See also Cinema Treasures.