David Evelyn Nye
(1906-1986)

Died aged c. 80

David Evelyn Nye MBE was a British architect, born in 1906, who practised in Surrey, England. He was best known as a cinema architect, having designed many picture houses in the 1930s for the Shipman and King cinema circuit. He was a committed Christian, abstainer and vegetarian.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Designed by David Evelyn Nye cinema architect 1906-1986 for Shipman & King 1938

The Rex, High Street, Berkhamsted, United Kingdom where they designed

This building was opened in 1937 as the Embassy Theatre. Designed by David Evelyn Nye, it was converted into a cinema in 1955, split into 3 screens in 1984 and closed in 1989.

Edwards, Cattle Market Road, Peterborough, United Kingdom where they designed (1937)