Former The Odeon Cinema

The former Odeon Cinema, located at 14-20 The Headrow in Leeds, is a cinema and shops built between 1930 and 1932. The exterior was designed as part of The Headrow development by Sir Reginald Blomfield, while the interior was designed by Frank T Verity. The building has undergone alterations in 1969, 1978, and 1988. It features a steel frame faced in red brick with Portland stone dressings and slate roofs, showcasing a classical style. The structure stands four storeys high with seventeen windows. The ground floor is rusticated ashlar with shop fronts, while the upper three floors include ashlar pavilions adorned with giant Doric pilasters and moulded ashlar window surrounds at bays one, eleven, and seventeen. The building is topped with a balustrade and crowning urns. The corner entrance to the cinema retains some original fenestration and decoration, although it is now obscured by later 20th-century signboards. Unfortunately, no original features remain inside.