1933 – Savoy Hotel, Bangor, Co. Down
The Savoy Hotel was built in 1932 for Mr J. Gaston of Northern Ireland Tours and was extended and refaced in 1933 by architect John McBride Neill.
The Savoy Hotel was built in 1932 for Mr J. Gaston of Northern Ireland Tours and was extended and refaced in 1933 by architect John McBride Neill.
Constructed on the site of an earlier Picturedrome which had opened, with 1,000 seats in 1911.
Opened in 1935, the original seating capacity was 1170, 270 of those in the balcony.
Another 1930s cinema designed by John McBride Neill and opened during a golden period of cinema in Belfast.
Designed by the foremost cinema architect in Northern Ireland, and considered his masterpiece, The Tonic was the largest Cinema in Ireland with 2,001 seats at the time.
Like many suburban cinemas in Belfast and Dublin, the Troxy incorporated some commercial units into its design.
Another Art Deco cinema designed by Belfast architect J. McBride Neill, it was finished externally in a cream faiance tiling.
The Forum Cinema opened on 20 November 1937 and closed on 28 January 1967 –