1907 – Hamilton Tower, Queen’s University Belfast
Architect: Robert Cochrane
Constructed as the porter’s gatelodge for university and designed in the Tudor-Revival style.
1907 – Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Belfast
Architect: Bertie Crewe
The Royal Hippodrome Theatre was constructed beside the Grand Opera House in 1908-07.
1912 – New Princess Cinema, Newtownards Rd., Belfast
Architect: Thomas Houston
Quirky cinema building which had a windmill tower on the main facade.
1913 – Prudential Assurance, Wellington Place, Belfast
Architect: Paul Waterhouse
Very narrow building with Portland stone front with colonnade of granite Doric columns at street level.
1916 – Lyceum Cinema, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Charles Adelian Aickin
Opened on 11 December 1916,
1916 – Picture Theatre, Duncairn Gardens, Belfast
Architect: F.T. Waddington
From The Building News, August 16 1916: “This cinema theatre,
1917 – Dickson & Son, Garfield St., Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Thomas Houston
Alex Dickson and Sons was a horticultural business supplying seeds and plants –
1922 – Belfast Co-operative Society, York St., Belfast
Architect: Samuel Stevenson
Constructed in three stages between 1911-22,
1923 – Gaumont Cinema, Belfast
Opened as the Classic Cinema and renamed after it was taken over by the Gaumont chain.
1932 – Orpheus Building, Belfast Co-operative Society, York St., Belfast
Architect: Samuel Stevenson
The Orpheus Building was once part of Belfast’s largest department store.
