Picturehouse, Halifax, UK



Architect
William Wormald Longbottom LRIBA, of Longbottom and Culpan
Date Built
1913
Location
Commercial Street
Description
Home, in 2019, to the Atik night club, this Grade II Listed building was once the Picturehouse cinema.  The building is listed because it represents, "... a good example of an early purpose built cinema  .... despite its change of use it remains virtually unaltered externally and retains many original features internally."




The listing information describe the building as having an, "... Ashlar front with faience entrance; returns have thin courses of squared stone with ashlar dressing; roof dark slates with lead dome. Free Baroque style. Two storeys. Small auditorium with balcony, behind foyer.  .... Curved projecting steps up to central recessed renewed glazed entrance in wide segmental arch with many keys; slender Tuscan columns and half-columns support entablature of curved porch with dentilled cornice and top balustrade. Octagonal tower, with angle pilasters and top entablature, rises above entrance and has a segmental head to a door opening to a balcony."