Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/12/020

Address :
Regal Cinema 7 Curran Road Larne Co Antrim BT40 1BS

Townland:
Town Parks

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Entertainment Building

Former Use
Entertainment Building

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
70/8 SE

IG Ref:
D4053 0260

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A 1930s cinema designed in a modern style, originally with faience cladding and such characteristic features as porthole windows, horizontal glazing bars to large rectangular windows and doors, but now has faience painted over, portholes covered over with square panels and original glazed doors replaced by plate glass in new frames. Setting: the building stands within the built-up area of the town facing a main road and set back slightly from it, with two-storey gabled houses to each side.

Architects

Neill, John McBride

Historical Information

Designed in 1935 and opened in March 1937; architect, John McBride Neill of Belfast. Remodelled outside and subdivided inside in 1993. References - Secondary P. Larmour, The Big Feature (John McBride Neill 1905-1974), in Perspective (The Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects), Vol 5 No 4, March/April 1997, pp 26-37.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A 1930s cinema designed by the leading local specialist architect of his era, which has now been drastically changed inside and outside with the subsequent loss of original features.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 February 1998