This is a striking Grade II listed building. Above the first-floor windows on the left (as you face the building) are the words Art Pictures and on the right Art Cafe. The word ART could once be seen, in red letters, high up on the central pediment. The three-storey building is the former Art Picture House, described by The Theatres Trust as ‘a fine example of an early 1920s cinema, exceptionally theatrical in its plan and decoration’. It was completed in 1923.

A selection of prints taken from famous films, displayed throughout the pub

Sherlock Holmes

The text reads: Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson, in Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman, 1944

Sing As We Go, 1934

The text reads: The adventures of a Lancashire mill worker in Blackpool. Scripted by JB Priestley and starring Gracie Fields in her best-loved movie.

James Bond

The text reads: Sean Connery as 007 in Diamonds Are Forever, 1971

The Saint

The text reads: George Sanders as Simon Templar in The Saint’s Double Trouble, 1940

Through the Clouds, 1913

The text reads: Villainy confronted by true British grit

Room at the Top, 1959

The text reads: Laurence Harvey learns about love French-style from Simone Signoret

I’m All Right Jack, 1959

The text reads: Peter Sellers as the epitome of Trade Union bloody mindedness

Internal photographs of the pub, showing some of the original cinema design features

External photograph of the building – main entrance