Kier has been appointed by Sheffield City Council to restore the Grade II listed Adelphi Cinema and bring it back into public use.
Opened in 1920, the Adelphi Cinema was a thriving hub at the heart of the Attercliffe community in Sheffield, keeping people up to date on the latest news and local events during its time as a cinema.
The Grade II listed building operated as a cinema for nearly 50 years and survived bomb damage during the Second World War. It closed as a cinema in October 1967, becoming a bingo hall, with the building then operating as a nightclub from 1995 until 2000. In more recent years, the historic building has been used as a storage facility, before falling into disrepair.
Purchased by Sheffield City Council in March 2023 using Levelling Up funding, the refurbishment will see the building transformed into a mixed-use cultural space, including facilities suitable for leisure, arts, and music.
The Adelphi Cinema project forms part of a wider regeneration of Attercliffe including the building of 1,000 new homes at Attercliffe Waterside and the creation of the National Centre for Child Health Technology at Sheffield’s Olympic Legacy Park.
Kier Places, appointed by Sheffield City Council via the YORbuild construction framework, is now taking the first steps into transforming the building, whilst retaining some of the original features, including the original art-deco frontage. The first stage of the project will see the building prepared for the transformation work to begin this Spring.
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