Princess Cinema

NORTHUMBERLAND STREET STREET 1. 5113 (North Side) Princess Cinema SE 1416 NW 1/1062 II 2. Mid C19. Opened as a Picture House in 1923, Architect Capt Clifford Hickson of Stott, Sykes and Hickson (Huddersfield) built in the same style as its neighbours ie Nos 1 and 3 (qv). Ashlar. Hipped slate roof. 3 storeys. Entablature, dentilled eaves cornice and parapet. Continuous moulded sill bands. Canted corners with rusticated quoins. 3 ranges of windows with glazing bars, those on 2nd floor with moulded frames, those on 1st floor with moulded frames and dentilled cornices: central 1st floor window has triangular pediment. Ground floor has Tuscan colonnade (glazed) and 3 doors with horizontal rustication, Doric friezes, round-arched heads and moulded imposts; that on corner of Byram Street has blind fanlight with sculpted altar in relief. This elevational treatment continues for 2 bays on both Byram and Wood Street elevations.

Listing NGR: SE1449016948