The Logie Baird Pub, Helensburgh
Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas at 12:00 on 2 April 2016
This is the former La Scala Cinema, Helensburgh, now a pub named after Helensburgh’s most famous son, John Logie Baird, inventor of television. (Well, one form of it.) Stitch of two photos:-
The building was erected in 1913 so it doesn’t qualify as Art Deco proper but there are some features which prefigure the style like these side pillars:-
Also the stepping on the roof-line. The painting scheme emphasises the Deco feel:-
Tags: Cinemas, Helensburgh, John Logie Baird, La Scala, Logie Baird
Denis Cullinan
3 April 2016 at 07:01
This us in fact a nicely balanced design. Flatten out that oriel window and replace it with just some rectangular framing (with colors to help) and you’d make an integrated job of it.
jackdeighton
3 April 2016 at 19:09
Denis,
Yes. The oriel window does disfigure the frontage.