Plaza Cinema, Stockport

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caption=The front façade of the Plaza Cinema
name=Plaza Cinema
location_town=Stockport, Greater Manchester
location_country=England
map_type=Greater Manchester
latitude=53.4113
longitude=-2.1572
architect=W. Thornley
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engineer=
construction_start_date=1932
completion_date=1933
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structural_system=Brick, clad in faïence to front, with internal structural steelwork.cite web|title=Plaza Cinema, Stockport|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=463552 |publisher=Images of England|accessdate=2008-08-14]
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The Plaza Cinema in Stockport is a former cinema in built in the early 1930s in Greater Manchester, England (gbmapping|SJ895905). It was designed in 1929 although work did not start until three years later, in 1932. It was completed the following year in 1933 and is now a Grade II* listed building,cite web|title=Listed Buildings in Stockport|url=http://www.stockport.gov.uk/content/business/regeneration/historicareasregeneration/Conservation1/listedbdgs10?a=5441 |publisher=Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council|accessdate=2008-08-14] one of few completed in the 1930s within Greater Manchester. No longer a cinema, it is now a bingo hall.

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*Grade II* listed buildings in Greater ManchesterThis cinema is no longer a bingo hall. It has been restored to it's former glory and is a cinema and theatre, showing classic films and staging some fine live shows. It has secured funding from the UK lottery and this fine art deco building is to be further restored to it's original condition.

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