Phoenix Picturehouse

Phoenix Picturehouse
Plain façade, painted pale blue, with an awning
Façade of the Phoenix Picturehouse
Map
Former namesNorth Oxford Cinema (1913–20)
The Scala (1920–25, 1925–70)
New Scala (1925)
Studios One and Two (1970–76)
Studio One and Studio X (1976–77)
Address57 Walton Street, Oxford
OX2 6AE
LocationJericho, Oxford
Coordinates51°45′37″N 1°16′00″W / 51.760322°N 1.266636°W / 51.760322; -1.266636
Public transitNo buses serve Walton Street. Oxford Bus 6 and Stagecoach buses S2, S3 serve Woodstock Road, 13 mile (540 m) away
OwnerCineworld
OperatorPicturehouse Cinemas
Typecinema
Genre(s)mainstream films,
independent films
Construction
Built1913
Opened15 March 1913; 111 years ago (1913-03-15)
Renovated2017
ArchitectGilbert T Gardner,
new façade 1939 by Frederick Chancellor
Website
www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Phoenix_Picturehouse/

The Phoenix Picturehouse is a cinema in Oxford, England.[1] It is at 57 Walton Street in the Jericho district of Oxford.

The Phoenix used to be an independent cinema,[2] and from 1989 the Picturehouse Cinemas chain developed from it. Since 2012 the multi-national Cineworld group has owned Picturehouse Cinemas.

  1. ^ "Cine-files: The Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford". The Guardian. 23 October 2012.
  2. ^ Waite, Debbie (18 January 2013). "Phoenix to Celebrate its Centenary in Reel Style". Oxford Mail. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 February 2015.