Forest Hall Road, Ritz Cinema

HER Number

9309

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Forest Hall Road, Ritz Cinema

Place

Forest Hall

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Cinema

Site Type: Specific

Cinema

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Opened 9th November 1936 as a cinema. Converted to a Bingo Hall in 1961. Damaged by air raids during the war. Unusual interior layout - seats run at right angles to the road with the screen being on right hand side of building as viewed from Forest Hall Road. This arrangement was adopted to save the housing behind when it was constructed. LOCAL LIST

Easting

428100

Northing

569930

Grid Reference

NZ428100569930

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book 2, pp 59 and 60; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)