Location

The building is situated on a prominent corner position at the junction with Essex Road and Packington Street just south of Islington Green. Angel underground station (Northern Line) and Essex Road station (Main Line) are within easy walking distance.

Accommodation

The main former hall building is arranged on ground and basement floors comprising superb open plan space with approximately 25ft ceiling height at ground floor level with potential for excellent natural light. The basement area also has potential for natural light and is presently partitioned into various sized units. The main hall can be accessed via several entrances including a roller shutter door leading from a large yard area suitable for parking and deliveries.

The interconnecting building fronting onto Essex Road comprises a retail shop front unit plus two storey offices above and access into the basement. Located in Packington Street to the rear of the main hall is another roller shutter door leading to further storage space. The approximate floor areas are as follows:-

Three storey building fronting onto Essex Road

         Ground floor                              546 sq ft approx (retail/offices)

First floor                                     624 sq ft approx (offices)

Second floor                              682 sq ft approx (offices)

Main hall building

Ground floor                           3,741 sq ft approx

Ground floor (rear)                     735 sq ft approx

Loading bay area                     323 sq ft approx

Basement

 Main divided room                4,403 sq ft approx

Rear room with loading bay     718 sq ft approx
Storeroom                                  150 sq ft approx

Total floor area                        11,922 sq ft approx 

(Dedicated yard area not measured.)

Freehold/leasehold

 Terms upon application.

History note

Opened in 1911 as the Coronet Cinema with a seating capacity of 850. Located on the corner of Essex Road and Packington Street. The building had originally been a district post office and the architect in charge of the conversion was A.W. Hudson.  In 1924 the building was re-named Blue Hall Annexe Cinema, the actual Blue Hall Cinema in Islington was located close by on Upper Street and later became the Gaumont Islington. The Blue Hall Annexe Cinema was taken over by General Theatres Corporation in March 1928 and from May 1928 when GTC were taken over by Gaumont British Theatres Ltd, it came under their control. The seating capacity was reduced to 599.