Rothbury Jubilee Institute, known locally as the Jubilee Hall or the Jube, has a long history starting as a modest Mechanics’ Institute in 1850, part of the Victorian movement to provide self-improvement for working men.

It was established in 1850 by the Reverend Harcourt, the Rector of Rothbury, who presented 295 volumes of ‘good, sound literature’. It was situated in a small reading room at the back of the long room in the Black Bull Pub, now the Newcastle House Hotel.

This soon became inadequate and in 1864 a new library was built by voluntary subscription at the North end of Dovecote Yard in Dove Court Close. It had the parish fire engine and hearse stored downstairs, and the library room upstairs.

In the 1870s the development of Cragside and the railway link to Rothbury brought growth and prosperity to the town. There was a growing need to extend the library room facilities. By the time of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 work was well underway on a new extensive building project. The Rothbury Jubilee Institute was officially opened on the 7^th of September 1888

The Hall was used for a wide variety of activities including a cinema.
The cutting from Daily Mirror, Tue 16 Dec 1913, reads:
1.Rev. F Hastings of Rothbury Parish Church has received a renewal licence to operate a cinema theatre. Each Saturday he gives a cinema show in a hall operating the machine himself.
2.Children waiting to enter the hall

It was after a Saturday film showing that the next afternoon, Sunday 9^th July 1939, smoke was seen coming from the roof of the building. Despite the valiant efforts of local people little could be done to quell the blaze. By the time the volunteer fire brigade arrived from Morpeth there was little they could do to save the Hall, but they managed to protect the adjoining post office building.
Fortunately, the building was adequately insured, and the Hall was rebuilt in 1944 much as you see it today.

In 1998 the trustees setup the Millennium Project to raise funds to renovate the Hall.
And on 9th November 2006, Rothbury was visited by Prince Charles (now King Charles) and Camilla (now Queen Consort). Charles visited to reopen the refurbished Rothbury Jubilee Hall, named after the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, his Great Great Great Grandmother.