Key features of the building

• Single screened cinema 

• The cinema retains many of its original features from the decorated balcony to the external ticket booth at the front of the building.

• Grade II listed building

• Built by Thomas Winn & Sons, it opened on 7 November 1914. 

• the Picture House has a capacity of 275, down from around 400 on opening.

• The front elevation is topped by a Dutch gable with ball finials and features four ionic columns made from white Burmantofts Marmo.

• Glazed terracotta dressings and a frieze with moulded letters spelling out "Hyde Park Picture House" appear at the entrance and contrast with the red brick, which makes up the majority of the building.

• Following the advent of "talkies" in the 1920s, the cinema was converted for sound

• original screen, painted directly on the wall and surrounded by golden cherubs, remains intact behind its modern successor.