Bank Field Terrace, The Picture and Variety Palace

HER Number

7963

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Bank Field Terrace, The Picture and Variety Palace

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Cinema

Site Type: Specific

Cinema

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Shown on third edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile of 1920. The planning application for the picture theatre was made in 1912. The building was to be single storey, 70 feet long by 45 feet wide, and constucted of timber with a corrugated iron roof. The picture theatre was demolished by 1952 and the site was turned into a car park in the 1970s.

Easting

415720

Northing

566800

Grid Reference

NZ415720566800

Sources

Ordnance Survey third edition 1920; deposited building plans TWAS UD/Nb/44/926; Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, page 87; Frank Manders, 2005, Cinemas of Newcastle, page 132