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Plaque

Zoroastrian Centre

Erection date: 2007

Inscription

Zoroastrian Centre
This art deco cinema building was designed in 1936 by F. E. Bromige and built by T. F. Nash Ltd. At first it was The Grosvenor, then in 1938 The Odeon, in 1950 The Gaumont, in 1964 The Odeon and in 1981 The Ace. From 1990 it was a bar, The Cine Bar Experience. It was acquired by the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe in 2000. It was restored and refurbished into a Zoroastrian Community Centre and place of worship and is its European centre.
Harrow Heritage Trust

Site: Zoroastrian Centre (1 memorial)

HA2, Alexandra Avenue, 440

This stunning façade is apparently sometimes refereed to as the elephant's trunk.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Zoroastrian Centre

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T. F. Nash Ltd

London developer and building company of the 1920s-1930s, responsible for hou...

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Zoroastrianism

Also known as Mazdayasna, it Is one the world's oldest religions, with its ro...

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F. E. Bromige

Architect. Frank Ernest Bromige was a British architect of the Modernist and ...

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Zoroastrian Centre

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Harrow Heritage Trust

A trust set up with the objectives of encouraging artists and architects of b...

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