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Lidl withdraws plans for new Wavertree shop in former cinema Plans to demolish the Abbey Cinema were scrapped after the building became listed The former Abbey cinema in Wavertree; pic by Andy Teebay Get our daily Echo newsletter for the biggest stories and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe for free When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Supermarket giant Lidl has withdrawn plans to create a new store within a former cinema building in Wavertree. ....
So what next for this relic of a bygone age? Bring back silent movies, a music hall, a meeting and conference facility for the National Union of NimBys(NUMB). Might it be a tourist attraction for people who like to see old buildings fall into decay and fall down? The excitement to see what will happen is almost to much to bear? Saving these kinds of buildings is the easy bit, it`s finding a viable future use and any funding which is the more difficult. Whatever the usage the enormous void of the auditorium will have to be considered , which means it could be used for , say , multi level self storage or flats above any retail. In addition any developer would want to introduce fenestration into the building to add light both on any upper floors as well as ground. ....
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 ....
Wavertree picture palace set to be demolished for new Lidl is saved The Abbey Cinema has helped form part of the Wavertree skyline and the area s identity for decades Updated The former Abbey cinema on Church Road North Campaigners are celebrating after a former cinema which was set for demolition has been recommended for listed status by Historic England. Earlier this month supermarket chain Lidl announced their intention to tear down the former Abbey Cinema building on Church Road North in Wavertree, which was deemed to be beyond economic repair. Lidl said they would be submitting plans to the council to knock down the the former picture palace that features in the original draft lyrics to The Beatles song In My Life and build a new supermarket on the site. ....
BBC News Published image copyrightLove Wavertree image captionThe cinema was mentioned in the original lyrics for The Beatles 1966 song In My Life A cinema where George Harrison and John Lennon spent their teenage afternoons has been saved from demolition. Supermarket chain Lidl wanted to knock down the Abbey Cinema in Wavertree, Liverpool to make way for a new store. The cinema, which closed in 1979, housed a branch of the Co-op supermarket until that shut in 2020. Historic England (HE) said following a local campaign, the rare survivor from the 1930s heyday of cinema had been given Grade II listed status. HE listings advisor Sarah Charlesworth added that she hoped a sustainable new use could now be found for the building. ....