A <a href="https://news.ad-astra.icu/lottery-grants-of-12-2m-awarded-to-ice-house-and-art-deco-cinema-among-other-buildings.html” title=”Lottery Grants of £12.2m Awarded to Ice House and Art Deco Cinema, Among Other Buildings”>19th-century thatched ice house that was an important staging post for fish between the sea and the nation’s stomachs is to be transformed into a circus training centre.
The quayside Grade II-listed Great Yarmouth Ice House, built as one of a pair between 1851 and 1892, was a key asset in the town’s once-thriving fishing industry.
It was constructed at the same time as a nearby railway station, allowing freshly caught herrings to be packed in ice and quickly transported to the Billingsgate fish market in London and beyond.
Now the National Lottery Heritage Fund is contributing almost £2m to convert the historic building into the National Arts and Circus Centre, a training and performance space due to open in 2024.
The ice house grant is part of £12.2m in funding to restore and transform historic buildings announced by the heritage fund on Tuesday.
The Strand Arts Centre in Belfast, an art deco jewel, will be restored with the help of a grant of £768,000.
The Strand opened in 1935 with a screening of Bright Eyes, starring Shirley Temple. The picture house had one screen and 1,170 seats.
Its design featured a curved end, like a ship’s prow, and porthole windows influenced by the nearby shipyard Harland & Wolff.
Once one of 40 picture palaces in Belfast in the prewar golden age of cinema, it is the last still in operation.
The grant will help transform the building into a living museum and preserve it for future generations.
Cardiff’s Grade II*-listed Victorian market will get a grant of more than £2m for restoration. It opened in 1891 on the site of the city’s jail and gallows, where the coal miner Dic Penderyn was hanged 60 years earlier for his part in the Merthyr Rising.
The market is now home to more than 60 independent businesses and traders. The restoration plans include repairs to the roof and the market clock, and the creation of a 70-seat eating area close to food stalls.
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Lowestoft town hall in Suffolk has been awarded £3.25m to transform the empty Grade II-listed building into a civic and community centre with a gallery and cafe.
The original council chamber contains three stained glass windows,…
2023-09-25 23:01:25
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