Architecture of Belfast
Belfast cinemas
Charles A. Aickin
cinemas
Lost Belfast
Random Building
1906 – Mayfair Building, Nos. 5-11 Arthur Square, Belfast
1916 – Lyceum Cinema, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Charles Adelian Aickin
Opened on 11 December 1916, and designed to seat 1,200 customers, the Lyceum Cinema closed on 29th April 1966, after which the Rank Organisation used it as a film storage depot, but it was destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1970. Housing now occupies the site.
