Theatres · North Wales
Grosvenor Picture House
Grosvenor Picture House in Wales North, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Grosvenor Picture House is a cinema or movie theatre in Wales North, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Grosvenor Picture Palace, later known as The Grosvenor, is a Grade II listed former cinema at the corner of Grosvenor Street and Oxford Road in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England. Built in 1913–15, it was the largest cinema outside London in its day. After closing in 1968, the building was used as a bingo hall, a snooker club, and has been a pub since 1990 under various names.
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Background
Architecture
The two-storey building is rectangular, and is on a corner site with a 3-bay chamfered entrance corner with a pavilion on top. Its facade features green and cream faience and terracotta tiles, and it has four bays facing Grosvenor Street and six bays facing Oxford Road. The centre of the Oxford Road facade is marked with a raised torch in white terracotta. It has a small attic and a slate roof. It originally had a canopy, which was later removed. Much of the original interior, including plasterwork, the balcony and the vaulted ceiling, is still present in the building. The inside balcony originally had multi-coloured inlaid panels. The building was listed by English Heritage as a Grade II…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.4298, -2.9833
- District
- Liverpool
- Parish
- Liverpool, unparished area
- Postcode
- L5 7QQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Sources
- wikidata: Q41416041 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Grosvenor Picture Palace (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Grosvenor Picture House?
- Grosvenor Picture House is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode L5 7QQ), in the parish of Liverpool, unparished area.
- Who owns Grosvenor Picture House?
- Grosvenor Picture House is owned by | coordinates = {{coord|53.4701|-2.2367|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}.
- How do I get to Grosvenor Picture House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode L5 7QQ. It sits within the Liverpool Riverside parliamentary constituency.