Hull City Council is seeking a design team to conserve and restore a ruined Grade II-listed former cinema, with applications closing 17 January.
image: Hull Live
The Architects’ Journal writes:
The team selected for the estimated £20,000-to-£45,000 contract will conserve the remains of the 1914 National Picture Theatre on Beverley Road which was bombed in 1941 and has remained a ruin ever since. It will also add an interpretation centre focusing on the historic structure.
The £456,000 project aims to protect the bombsite from vandalism, boost understanding of the Hull Blitz, which killed more than 1,200 people and flattened 86,715 homes, and create a memorial to civilian victims of the conflict. The cinema, designed by Runton and Barry Architects in 1914, was struck by a bomb during a screening but no one was killed or seriously injured.
In its brief, the council says it has ‘been successful in its National Lottery Heritage Fund Heritage Grant First Round Application to stabilise and preserve the National Picture Theatre site. The remains of the building will be opened to the public and interpreted through displays and engagement activities.
‘The council is seeking to procure specialist design consultancy services to assist in progressing the plans for the National Picture Theatre. The council will require the successful bidder to further develop and (subject to funding) subsequently deliver the NLHF Heritage Grant for the National Picture Theatre. The appointed consultant will be the lead designer for the development stage, and if the funding bid is successful will be retained as the project manager/supervisor for the delivery stage.’…
… Bids for the cinema contract will be evaluated 70 per cent on quality and 30 per cent on cost. The deadline for applications is 17 January.
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HESPR members were alerted to this opportunity on 24 December – visit hespr.ihbc.org.uk to view a sample of the tender alert.
For more background on the theatre see the Hull Live article
