Scotland’s Art Deco Heritage 41: Regal Cinema, Bathgate

Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas at 12:00 on 18 November 2015

Fine Art Deco cinema in Bathgate, West Lothian. Still in use as a cinema.

The “Rule of Three” is at work here in the central windows and their mullions, the lines at either side of the “Regal” sign and on the rooflines:-

From side:-

Railings and steps. Good deco “triangle” drop in each rail’s line:-

Fine Art Deco glass and detailing on the canopy facade:-

Showing alleyway at left side of Cinema (as you look at it.) Rule of three in the sets of windows here?

There’s a good, strong finial above the window in this detail of the frontage:-

Denis Cullinan

18 November 2015 at 21:00

This is a very nifty find, a satisfying piece of well-conserved Art Deco design. The photography is your usual high-quality work, Jack.

Funny coincidence. Just yesterday I was chasing links across the Web and came across a street in the Bronx that I first became acquainted with about 65 years ago, namely, Bathgate Avenue, and was wondering about the origin of the name. Now I know.
jackdeighton

19 November 2015 at 19:56

Denis,
The Regal is, as we say, a belter.
I was gobsmacked when I first saw it.
As to the photos; thank you. But really I just point my camera and click. (I also fiddle about with them a bit on Picasa.)
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