[1] The front elevation is topped by a Dutch gable with ball finials and features four ionic columns made from white Burmantofts Marmo.

[1] Glazed terracotta dressings and a frieze with moulded letters spelling out "Hyde Park Picture House" appear at the entrance and contrast with the red brick, which makes up the majority of the building.

An advertisement in the Yorkshire Evening Post at the time of the opening, branded Hyde Park Picture House the "cosiest in Leeds".

[18] At some point after this, the Picture House briefly closed and became a bingo hall before reopening as a cinema again in 1962, after refurbishment and installation of new projectors, with a programme successfully catering to the growing student population in the area.

[21] Prior to its expansion, the Hyde Park Picture House was one of only two surviving original single-screen cinemas in Leeds, along with the Cottage Road.

[4] The Picture House retains many original features, including an external ticket booth, decorated barrel-vaulted ceiling and balcony adorned with a frieze of plaster festoons, brackets and shields.

[23] It was announced that the money would be used to restore the building, including the terrazzo foyer floor and gas lights; build a cafe/bar so that customers no longer have to queue outside; install disabled toilets and improve accessibility; add a second screen in the basement; and make the cinema's archives available to the public alongside educational workshops, tours and archival screenings.

[24] The work, dubbed the Picture House Project, is costed at £3.6 million and, with additional funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation and Leeds City Council,[27] was scheduled to begin at the end of February 2020.

[30] Along with regular double bills and annual Christmas showings of It's a Wonderful Life,[31][30] the cinema also hosts "Bring Your Own Baby (BYOB)" events, for children and their parents or carers, featuring lower volumes, subtitles and raised light levels.

[30][6] Actors, such as Paddy Considine,[32] Masanobu Ando[33] and Adam Buxton, have been interviewed at the cinema and film critic Mark Kermode has hosted several question and answer sessions.