Leslie H. Kemp and Frederick E. Tasker were English architects who practiced in the 1930s as Kemp & Tasker. They are best known for their

cinemas A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall (Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, the movies, the pictures, picture theater, the silver screen, the big screen, or simply theater is a ...

, although they are responsible for a number of notable buildings in

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and Kent for a Messrs Morrell Bros. Builders of 60 High Street, Bromley, Kent. These include: *Motor Showrooms, Garage and Restaurant, 38 - 40 Croydon Road, Coney Hall, Hayes, Kent *Dorchester Court flats, Herne Hill, London *5 Dorchester Drive, Herne Hill, London *Crownleigh Court, Crownstone Road, Brixton, London *Tudor Stacks, Dorchester Drive, Herne Hill, London (demolished) In 1934 a Kemp and Tasker house design won the Daily Mail's

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and was erected temporarily at Olympia in the 'Village of Tomorrow' at Ideal Home Show the following year. Morrell's glossy brochure advertised that it could be built to order anywhere and three known examples exist: * 77 Addington Road, West Wickham (much modified as a health centre, but nonetheless

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in 2021) *

10 Dorchester Drive 10 Dorchester Drive is a 1935 art deco style house in Herne Hill, south London, England, designed by Kemp and Tasker, with the builders Messrs Morrell of Bromley. In February 2022, an emergency Building Preservation Notice was put in place, as ...

, Herne Hill, London It was granted grade II listed building protection in 2022. * Stanstead, Mount Merrion,

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(1936)

Cinemas

*1932 Regent Cinema, Station Square, Paignton, Devon (demolished) *1933 Odeon Cinema, Whalebone Lane, Chadwell Heath, Essex (demolished) *1934 Ritz Cinema, Gordon Street, Luton *1935 Embassy Cinema, Braintree, Essex *1936 Regent Cinema, Hatfield, Hertfordshire *

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(Odeon from 1946), Hornchurch, Essex (demolished) *1935 Savoy Cinema, Petersfield, Hants. *1936 Ritz Cinema, Belfast, Northern Ireland *1940 Regal Cinema (ABC from 1961), Camberwell (closed 1973) *Commodor Cinema, High Street, Orpington, Kent (demolished) *Odeon Cinema, Greenwich, London (demolished) *Odeon Cinema, Romford, Essex * Odeon Cinema, St. Albans, Hertfordshire (re-opened as the Odyssey, 2015) *Odeon Cinema, Stepney, London *Rex Cinema, Wood Green, London

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kemp and Tasker Architecture firms of the United Kingdom Art Deco architects