Description

SD 33 NW BLACKPOOL CENTRAL DRIVE

2/3 Coral Bingo and Social Club
(King Edward)

II

Picture Theatre, dated 1913, now a bingo hall. Accrington brick with
stone-coloured dressings. Rectangular plan. A single-storey building
with barrel-vaulted roof giving a basically semicircular section to a
facade of 2 storeys. Ground floor level has been altered or concealed.
Above ground floor, symmetrical facade with central pedimented gable of
crude form, flanked by 3-sided banded pilasters, and between them a
Venetian window (now blocked), the panel above it filled with lettering
"CENTRAL PICTURE THEATRE" and foliated patterns in moulded terracotta;
gable boldly chequered in red and white, with date "1913" at apex. Large
bullseye window with archivolt each side of central bay, and banded pilaster
surmounted by octagonal drum and ball finial at each corner. Interior:
small foyer with decorated cornice (swags, etc.); auditorium with balcony;
moulded cornice with egg-and-dart decoration; ceiling braces have moulding
of crossed straps and interposed leaves and flowers; seating banks have
end-panels with moulded garlands. Projection room probably original, paybox
altered.

Listing NGR: SD3091235640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26327400

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)