Cecil Aubrey Masey

Cecil Aubrey Masey (1880-1960), Architect

Born in Lambeth, London, the son of Philip Edward Masey (c1824-1897), an architect.

Pupil of Bertie Crewe - with whom he worked on the Empire music hall in Edmonton of 1908

1909 Went into partnership with architect Roy Young

1915 Married at Streatham to Eva May Hurley

1931 ' Mr. Masey has designed between 25 and 30 theatres and kinemas in London and the provinces, among them being the Empire Kinema, Willesden (both the original building and the total reconstruction some eight years later; Rialto, Leytonstone; Princes, Kennington; Silver Kinema, Shepherd's Bush; Regal, Colchester; Pavilion, St. Neots; Electric Theatre, Bournemouth; Picture House, Boscombe (both the original building and the reconstruction after the fire); Granada, Dover; Granada, Walthamstow; King's Hall, Penge; Royal Hall, Jersey; Empire Kinema, West Ham; and now the Grenada, Tooting. He is now engaged on new theatres at Beccles, Northfields, Shrewsbury, and Poplar.

Designed (alphabetically listed)-

• Electric Theatre, Bournemouth (1919)
• Empire Cinema, West Ham
• Empire Cinema, Willesden (1920)
• Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction (1937)
• Granada Cinema, Dover
• Granada Cinema, Edmonton
• Granada Cinema, Slough
• Granada Cinema, Tooting (1931)
• Granada Cinema, Walthamstow
• Granada Cinema, Wandsworth
• Granada Cinema, Woolwich (1937)
• Granada Theatre, Clapham Junction
• King's Hall Theatre, Penge (1920)
• New Wimbledon Theatre (1919)
• Pavilion Cinema, St. Neots
• Phoenix Theatre, Camden (1930)
• Picture House, Boscombe
• Prince's Cinema, Kennington
• Regal Cinema, Colchester
• Rex Cinema, Hayes (1936)
• Rialto Theatre, Leytonstone
• Royal Hall, Jersey
• Silver Cinema, Shepherd's Bush

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