Former Empire Cinema is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Cinema.
Former Empire Cinema
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-arch-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cinema
- Address
- Former Empire Cinema, 80 and 82, John William Street, Huddersfield, HD1 5AA
- OS grid reference
- SE 144 170
- Coordinates
- 53.6495, -1.78305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Empire Cinema, located at 80 and 82 John William Street, is a two-storey building that opened in 1915. Designed in a classical style, it harmonizes with the architectural character of John William Street. The exterior is constructed of ashlar and features a modillioned and dentilled cornice, along with a parapet that is raised at the corner, adorned with a lion's mask ornament and a blind semi-circular lunette with rusticated voussoirs. The building has a canted corner that is slightly recessed in the middle, with horizontal rustication on either side. The entrance includes doors with glazing bars and is flanked by two fluted Ionic columns at the corner. Each elevation has six ranges of windows, also featuring glazing bars.
Local climate
Former Empire Cinema sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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