From 'Entertaining South Wales':

'Built in 1913 in Woodville Road, this was a one-level 600-seat no-frills cinema with a tin roof. It was known to be rather noisy whenever it rained. By 1924 it was refurbished and renamed the Cosy Coronet cinema, a few years later ad it was again renamed, this time the New Coronet cinema. The cinema was plain with a tin roof, resulting in a lot of noise in the auditorium whenever it rained. The Coronet was a family run cinema that kept ticket prices low, which probably explains why it attracted good audiences when other city centre cinemas were nearby with the latest films alongside the luxury of cinema in that area.

In the 1954 renovation a rather large screen was installed - large in relation to the sixe of the auditorium - but it seems this was not a CinemaScope screen. The cinema continued to function through the early fifties with reruns of popular films forming a double bill. In 1957 it appears the owner was taken ill and sold his property to the Jackson Withers Circuit, who already owned other cinemas in the area. They decided to close the Coronet to avoid competition with their other businesses. The building remained empty and unused for many years, and was finally demolished in 1973 to make way for a petrol station. (In later years the petrol station was replaced with housing).

Meilyr Powel, RCAHMW, November 2020

Source:

'Entertaining South Wales - C', overthefootlights.co.uk, p.29