New Imperial Bingo Club is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Cinema. 2 related planning applications.

New Imperial Bingo Club

WRENN ID
hushed-rotunda-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1985
Type
Cinema
Address
New Imperial Bingo Club, Victoria Square
OS grid reference
NZ 276 617
Coordinates
54.95005, -1.57033
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The New Imperial Bingo Club is a building that was originally constructed in 1927 as a dance hall and later converted in 1930 for the Imperial Hall Company (Felling) Ltd., with J. H. Smith as managing director. It is built from brick with stone dressings and has a plain tiled roof. The structure is two storeys high and features three groups of three aproned windows, all set under flat brick arches. The central windows in the outer groups have keystones, while all windows in the central group are similarly styled. The building has brick quoins and pilasters between the window groups, which are adorned with low relief stylised eagles in stone and bronze straps that support bronze torches.

On the ground floor, there are shops on the left and right sides, showcasing art deco glass and doors. The central bay features two double doors with some etched glass, flanked by chromium pilasters and sheltered by a canopy. The hipped roof has an eaves cornice that extends from the pilasters along the returns, culminating in a central low-sloping coped stone parapet.

Inside, the entrance foyer is oak-panelled and includes staircases with curved bands leading to ceiling lights. The main hall features pilasters with stylised capitals, decorative plaster bands on the ceiling, original seating in the balcony, and original ceiling lights.

Local climate

New Imperial Bingo Club receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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