Byker Bank, Imperial Picture House (The Minerva)

HER Number

7990

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker Bank, Imperial Picture House (The Minerva)

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Cinema

Site Type: Specific

Cinema

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on third edition Ordnance Survey of 1913. Described as "the prettiest theatre in the district" in an advertisement of 1910. The Minerva opened circa 15 August 1910 by the Heaton and Byker People's Hall Ltd. It seated 360. It became a warehouse until it was demolished in 1985.

Easting

426520

Northing

564650

Grid Reference

NZ426520564650

Sources

Ordnance Survey third edition 1913, F. Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, pp 83-84; Newcastle upon Tyne Planning Division Development Department, "Ouseburn Heritage", volume 1, page 45; Frank Manders, 2005, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 27, 98, 159; Terry Lynch, 2008, 'From The Lop to Star and Shadow' in Ouseburn Trust Heritage Group, Newsletter Spring 2008