Mr Snooker's Club (formerly Cecil Cinema)

This building began as an early cinema, later becoming Mr Snooker’s Club, and is of group value because of its strong architectural interest. It occupies a corner site, with a prominent free classical style entrance wing constructed of terracotta, and a taller, longer main range behind. The entrance wing is triangular in plan, reflecting its corner location, while the main range runs along Bridge Street on the rear (west) side.

The eastern side of the building features a single-window section overlooking No. 2 Fothergill Street, followed by a five-window facet set at an angle and recessed behind Nos. 3-5 Fothergill Street. The entrance wing's roof is hidden behind a parapet. The east elevation has two segmental-headed doorways with keystones, one of which is blind. A narrow window sits to the right of the doorways, currently boarded up. Above, the upper storey features a large recessed panel, painted white, containing two oculi (round windows) with keystones and decorative festoons, each fitted with small-pane pivoting windows. Blank tablets with foliage drops are located on the outer sides of the entrance wing. A moulded cornice runs just below the parapet, extending along the south and west walls. The south end wall has an infill window in the upper storey, formerly providing light to the stairwell, with a keystone and festoon. The west elevation, facing Bridge Street, is similar to the east, but incorporates three small infilled windows with keystones at a low level. A dated rainwater head is positioned between the oculi.

The main range has walls rendered in roughcast and a slate roof, topped with a single ridge ventilator. A blind, keyed oculus is visible in the terracotta surround of the south gable end, above the entrance wing. The Fothergill Street facade of the main range is characterized by four-light mullioned and transomed windows. The six-window west elevation, fronting Bridge Street, has boarded-up windows, and an inserted escape door in the left-hand window. The north gable end has a low projection with a monopitch roof.

Inside, the entrance vestibule features a plaster ceiling with intricate classical detailing. The staircase is in two flights, forming a V-shape, with a moulded wooden handrail and steel balusters. The main auditorium has modern fittings that obscure much of the original interior detail. Visible during inspection was a partly exposed segmental plaster vault featuring classical decoration.