Live Breaking News & Updates on Wavertree Conservation Area

Stay updated with breaking news from Wavertree conservation area. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Threatened Art Deco 'super cinema' in Liverpool listed


Source: Wavertree Society
Liverpool’s 1939 Abbey cinema, latterly a supermarket, has been handed a Grade II listing, just days after retail giant Lidl revealed plans to demolish it and build a smaller store on the site
The Moderne-style building, which closed as a cinema in 1979 and had been home to Co-operative store until last April, was a favourite childhood haunt of Beatles legends John Lennon and George Harrison.
Advertisement
Designed by Birkenhead architect Alfred Ernest Shennan, the ‘imposing brick and glass edifice’ is known to Beatles experts as one of the ‘places I remember’ mentioned in the original handwritten lyrics to John Lennon’ song ....

United Kingdom , George Harrison , John Lennon , Marcus Binney , Alfred Ernest Shennan , Sarah Charlesworth , Oliver Dowden , Ken Dodd , Wavertree Conservation Area , Love Wavertree , Art Deco , Forum Cinema , Lime Street , Greenbank Synagogue , Historic England , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , ஜார்ஜ் ஹாரிசன் , ஜான் லெநந் , மார்கஸ் பின்னி , ஆல்ஃபிரட் அர்நெஸ்ட் ஶெந்நந் , சாரா சார்லஸ்வொர்த் , ஆலிவர் டௌடந் , கேன் டாட் , கலை டெகோ , மன்றம் சினிமா , சுண்ணாம்பு தெரு ,