AURUM

Restaurant & Bar

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire - 2026

Set within the former entrance foyer and dining rooms of The Rex, Aurum is a 150-cover restaurant and bar occupying part of David Evelyn Nye’s Grade II-listed 1938 Art Deco cinema in Berkhamsted. A dedicated bar anchors the arrival sequence, leading into dining spaces organised around the building’s original symmetry. The design preserves the prominence of its fluted columns, ornamental plasterwork and grand staircase, while deep green banquettes, warm timber, planting and layered lighting introduce a calm contemporary character without competing with the historic fabric.