| Enfield Savoy Theatre | |
| Address: | 306-308 Liverpool Road, |
| City: | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Sydney |
| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: | -33.8869°N 151.0929°W |
| Architect: | Clifford M. Chard, Lewis Kaberry, George Newton Kenworthy |
| Currentuse: | Hardware store |
The Enfield Savoy Theatre (previously the Enfield Cinema; subsequently the Hoyts Savoy Theatre; also known as the Enfield Savoy) was a theatre and cinema located at 306-308 Liverpool Road,, a suburb in the inner west region of Sydney, New South Wales. The building now functions as a hardware store.
Designed by the architectural firm Kaberry and Chard,[1] the theatre was opened on 16 November 1927, with a seating capacity of 1,878.[2] In 1928 Enfield Council valued the building at A£17,000.[1]
In 1930 there was an armed hold up at the theatre.[3] In 1932, Western Suburbs Cinemas Ltd, a company which also operated the Strathfield Melba and Homebush Theatre in Sydney’s western suburbs took over management of the Enfield Savoy.[1]
The theatre was redesigned in the Art Deco style in 1938.[4] The façade and interior were rebuilt under guidance of architect G N Kentworthy who also designed Cremorne Orpheum Theatre and a Christie organ was added and was opened by organist Dennis Palmistra.[2] The instrument was originally installed in the Hoyts De Luxe Theatre, Melbourne, then the Hoyts Plaza Theatre, Sydney.[1] [2] The cinema was renamed the Savoy and reopened by the Mayor of Enfield in July 1938.[1]
In 1944 Western Suburbs Cinemas Ltd was taken over by Hoyts resulting in a name change to the Hoyts Savoy Theatre.[1]
The last film shown at the cinema was Some Like It Hot in 1960.[4] [1]
It was converted into a carpet & furniture shop in 1981, and continues today as a plumbing & bathroom company.[5]
After the cinema closed, the building had various retail uses including Shoppers World (1960),[2] carpet and furniture store (1981),[2] Quality House, Whitewood Warehouse, and the Poliak Building Supply Company.[2] [4]
A campaign in 2017 to list the building on the local heritage register was unsuccessful.[6]