Curzon Mayfair

38 Curzon Street,
London, W1J 7TY

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Operated by: Curzon Cinemas

Architects: H.G. Hammond

Firms: Sir John Burnett, Tait & Partners

Functions: Movies (Independent)

Previous Names: Curzon Cinema

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 440871.703.3989

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Aug 5, 2004 — Curzon Cinemas Celebrate 70 Years of Independent Cinema

Located in the fashionable Mayfair district of central London’s West End. The Curzon Cinema, replaced the earlier 1934 Curzon Cinema, opening on 6th April 1966 with Bridget Bardot in “Viva Maria” and 542 seats including two private boxes at the rear which each seat 6. It is an elegantly appointed first-class art house. The programming is a fascinating amalgam of current international fare of quality with selected revivals and repertory series.

In 2002, it was converted into a twin screen cinema, with 320 seats in the former front stalls area, which has a screen 43 feet wide by 20 feet high, and 83 seats in the former rear stalls.

The Curzon Mayfair is a Grade II Listed building.

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CF100 on September 26, 2016 at 11:17 am

I have now found the planning application, Westminster Council reference 13/03290/LBC.

It turns out that the upper floors are already residential use, with the conversion of the remaining office space on levels 2 and 3 the subject of the above referenced application.

The planning documents do include an environmental noise survey, but this is in relation to external plant-generated noise.

Westminster Council’s Decision Notice document granting planning approval makes no reference to sound control.

I would hazard a very uneducated guess that specialist acoustic consultants were not involved in this project and the result is now a complex dispute.

cultman1 on September 27, 2016 at 1:56 am

Everything must be done to prevent the cinema from being forced to close on account of greedy property companies.

CF100 on October 4, 2016 at 10:14 am

If soundproofing is installed, even if the cost is not bourne by the developer, they may require access to the residential units on the first floor. Whilst they could avoid installing soundproofing by pressuring Curzon into surrendering their lease (i.e. Curzon may just decide they don’t want to face the mounting costs of potential litigation), the risk is that they would end up with very high costs themselves. Which doesn’t sound like a cunning scheme dreamt up by a greedy developer—but, hey, what do I know?

I’m afraid “the law is an ass”…

Lionel on November 1, 2016 at 6:33 am

While on holiday in London last week, I went to the Curzon for the first time. Saw Daniel Blake. Good film but my visit was for the auditorium rather than the film. My impression is what I’ve already read in previous comments: one of the last civilized places in London to see a film. I’d be a regular customer if I lived in London. Pleasant cinema with a behaved audience and top notch projection (but why do they open the curtains before the projection starts? — looks nicer when curtains open on the first images). I asked permission to take a few pictures, which I posted here.