Scotland’s Art Deco Heritage 34: Odeon Cinema, Ayr

Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas, Trips at 12:00 on 24 July 2023

Art Deco cinema in Ayr. Statue of Robert Burns to right. Memorial to Colonial Wars to left.

Apparently this is the first true Odeon to be built in Scotland. Sadly as the following two photos show it is now somewhat in need of care and attention.

Odeon Cinema, upper portion:-

Former Cinemas in Ayr – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton

2 August 2023 at 12:00

[…] have already noted the Odeon Cinema in Ayr. Apparently the Gaiety Theatre also used to show films. Checking the Scottish cinemas website I now […]
Memorial, Burns Statue Square, Ayr – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton

9 August 2023 at 12:00

[…] the background to my first photo of the Odeon Cinema in Ayr I noted a War Memorial. At First glance it seemd to be a (Second) Boer War Memorial but […]

A Son of the Rock