1914 – Second Premiated Entry in Belfast City Art Gallery Competition
Architect: Richard M.M. Gunn
Later chief assistant to James Miller from 1918,
Later chief assistant to James Miller from 1918,
Opened on 11 December 1916,
From The Building News, August 16 1916: “This cinema theatre,
Alex Dickson and Sons was a horticultural business supplying seeds and plants –
Designed by John Valentine Brennan.
Constructed in three stages between 1911-22,
After the partition of Ireland with the Government of Ireland Act,
Opened as the Classic Cinema and renamed after it was taken over by the Gaumont chain.
Rebuilt between 1921-23. Counters an awkward site with two chamfered corner entrances.
An unbuilt proposal by the architect of Belfast’s city hall for an hotel on Donegall Square East.