Princess Cinema

The Princess Cinema is a mid-19th century building that opened as a Picture House in 1923. It was designed by Captain Clifford Hickson of Stott, Sykes and Hickson from Huddersfield and is built in a style similar to its neighboring buildings at Nos 1 and 3. The structure features ashlar stonework and has a hipped slate roof. It stands three storeys tall and includes an entablature, a dentilled eaves cornice, and a parapet. There are continuous moulded sill bands and canted corners with rusticated quoins.

The building has three ranges of windows with glazing bars; the second-floor windows have moulded frames, while the first-floor windows also have moulded frames and dentilled cornices, with the central first-floor window topped by a triangular pediment. The ground floor features a glazed Tuscan colonnade and three doors that exhibit horizontal rustication, Doric friezes, round-arched heads, and moulded imposts. The door located at the corner of Byram Street includes a blind fanlight with a sculpted altar in relief. This decorative treatment continues for two bays on both the Byram and Wood Street elevations.