Building record MDO28267 - Amity Cinema, 127 High Street, Poole

Amity Cinema was built between 1764 and 1770 as a mansion house for James Oliver; he passed in ownership to the Garland family by 1783. It was extended at the rear in the mid 19th century and again in 1882 when a large hall was built. The building was used as a Freemasons Hall for the Poole Lodge of Amity before being converted for use as a cinema. The front range, although altered, retains much of its original structure. The plan of this was L shaped with two rooms at the front and a central entrance passage with narrow room above, one room at the back on the north west side and the staircase at the rear opposite the front door. Demolished before 1970

Amity Cinema was built between 1764 and 1770 as a mansion house for James Oliver; he passed in ownership to the Garland family by 1783. It was extended at the rear in the mid 19th century and again in 1882 when a large hall was built. The building was used as a Freemasons Hall for the Poole Lodge of Amity before being converted for use as a cinema.
The front range, although altered, retains much of its original structure. The plan of this was L shaped with two rooms at the front and a central entrance passage with narrow room above, one room at the back on the north west side and the staircase at the rear opposite the front door.
Demolished before 1970

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 225 (Monograph). SDO149.

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