Former Savoy Picture House
42 AND 48, VICTORIA STREET WEST, GRIMSBY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379894
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Former Savoy Picture House
- Statutory Address:
- 42 AND 48, VICTORIA STREET WEST, GRIMSBY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379894
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Former Savoy Picture House
- Statutory Address 1:
- 42 AND 48, VICTORIA STREET WEST, GRIMSBY
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 42 AND 48, VICTORIA STREET WEST, GRIMSBY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 26880 09336
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 31/03/2014
TA2609SE
699-1/21/77
GRIMSBY,
VICTORIA STREET WEST (South side),
Former Savoy Picture House, Nos.42-48 (Even)
(Formerly listed as Nos.42-48 (Even))
GV II
Cinema, now shop and restaurant. 1920 by Chadwick and Watson
for Savoy Picture House Ltd. White faience to front, red brick
to rear. Neo-classical style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 1:3:1 bays to Victoria Street, with outer
bays breaking forward, and rounded corner to East St Mary's
Gate where the 3-storey facade continues for 1 bay. Channelled
rustication throughout.
Victoria Street front has pair of wide plate-glass shop
windows flanking a projecting rusticated entrance bay. Doorway
in architrave with bracketed panel above containing a circular
overlight with glazing bars beneath a moulded round-arched
hood. Corner section has recessed doorway flanked by single
narrower shop windows. Entablature at first-floor level. Upper
section has recessed arcaded 3-bay centre with attached giant
columns with rusticated blockwork bases, fluted necking and
Ionic-type capitals. Panels between columns have block
rustication, cross-windows to first floor, raised apron panels
at second-floor level, round-arched windows to second floor
with radial glazing bars and moulded arches with tall
keystones supporting swags. Similar round-arched recessed
window panels flanking the curved corner bay.
Bay to far left has recessed doorway and cross-windows to
first and second floors with raised apron panel between. Full
entablature with dentilled and modillioned cornice, blocking
course forming parapet with raised central panel. Hipped roof.
Curved corner bay has a central raised panel containing single
2-light casements to first and second floors separated by a
panel dated 1920, beneath a fluted frieze and cornice and a
relief panel with lettering "SAVOY PICTURE HOUSE" flanked by
wreaths. Above this, a pulvinated laurel leaf frieze and a
half dome surmounted by a loosely-clad dancing female
"flapper" with arms raised (formerly holding a tambourine).
All windows have glazing bars.
Front to East St Mary's Gate has 3-storey, single-bay section
to left with faience facade and similar details to Victoria
Street front. Remainder, of 2 and 3 storeys, 8-window range,
has late C20 shop front to ground floor, plain red brick above
with segmental-arched first-floor windows with glazing bars.
INTERIOR: altered by later C20 shop conversions.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J, and Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 341; Grimsby - Action for
Conservation: Grimsby Borough Planning Department: List of
buildings of local architectural or historical interest:
Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-: NO.13; Grimsby Planning
Department: Central Conservation Area: Grimsby Borough
Council: 1990-: NO.13; Grimsby Borough Council: Top Town
Trail: Grimsby: 1989-: NO.14).
Listing NGR: TA2688009336
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 479336
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, John, H, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1964), 341
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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