Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Shankill Leisure Centre
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- Shankill Leisure Centre, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT13 2BD, ***See General Comments***
- Council
- Belfast
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.60351, -5.94477
- Date of survey
- 23 April 2013
- HB reference
- HB26/36/010
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A cinema, opened in 1937: a large pitched roofed hall with gable and square tower set behind a full width lower semi-circular entrance bay. Walls are rendered with piers to long wall. Now demolished and replaced by Leisure Centre.
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A cinema, opened in 1937. Now demolished and replaced by Leisure Centre.
General comments
Partial Survey Only.
Nearby in the register
- Albert Hall (aka Shankill Mission Hall)Hallunder 1 mi
- 117 Shankill RoadOfficeunder 1 mi
- CHURCH HALLHALLunder 1 mi
- St Michael's Church of IrelandChurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.