Cinema City

Cinema City is a former hall house, now a cinema and associated offices, dating from the 15th century onwards, with significant additions and alterations made in 1925 by Boardman. The building is constructed of flint with brick and stone dressings, and has red brick and black pantiles. It comprises a single-storey hall, a single-storey theatre to the east, and a two-storey wing to the west.

On the south side, a C20 door is set within a moulded two-centre arch. A large brick and flint porch is built against two medieval buttresses, featuring a moulded timber outer archway incorporating some C16 timbers. A medieval doorway is located at the extreme right with a double-order two-centre stone arch and dripmould. A casement window is set within an enlarged medieval opening, and a window above the left-side door is set within a brick arched surround.

The 1925 extension is built partly over a medieval wall. It has an irregular facade with a projecting centre featuring a lower single-storey front. A door at the extreme left is set within a moulded surround and segmental pediment. Four circular windows are punctuated with keystones. The facade is characterized by horizontal rustication, quoins, a moulded brick cornice beneath a parapet. The two-bay wing to the west of the hall has sash windows at ground floor with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches with keystones. An oval plaque is set at first floor, and the wing features rusticated brick quoins and a moulded brick cornice beneath a parapet with a central stack.

The St. Andrew's Hill elevation is two storeys high, with five bays to a brick-built left-hand section, and four first-floor windows in a flint-built right-hand section. On the left side, a door features a simply moulded surround and pediment supported on consoles. Sash windows are set within rubbed brick flat arches with keystones. A four-centre arched window at ground floor right has intersecting glazing bars. Rusticated pilasters and a moulded brick cornice appear beneath a parapet. On the right side, a door at the extreme left features rusticated pilasters and a flat hood. A door to the right has a rusticated arch. Ground floor sash windows have moulded surrounds and small hoods. Mullion and transom and casement windows are set within a brick reveal at first floor, with overhanging eaves.

The interior features three bays of brick-built chambers with double-order diagonal ribs, likely predating the hall. These are connected to the hall by two doors, one with an 18th-century surround. The hall has an oriel window on the south side, rebuilt externally in the early 20th century. A scissor-brace roof is present, with the middle truss having a crown-post and arch braces. The site is scheduled as an Ancient Monument. Further details are documented in "The Sucklings House at Norwich" by F.R. Beecheno, published in Norfolk Archaeology volumes XIX and XX.