Our first cruise stop was in Lorient, Brittany, France. Almost the first thing we saw after making our way out of the port was this piece of Modern Art Deco:-

The style continued a bit further along:-

The same group of buildings from across an inlet of the river, Le Scorff, just beyond where the Black Watch was moored:-

The spire of this church kept catching my eye. It was ages before I found the street it was in. Eglise Notre Dame de Victorie St Louis, rebuilt 1953-5 after bomb damage during the war:-

Doorway:-

The Body Shop:-

There is a slight Art Deco look, especially the porthole windows in the annexy bit, to this building at Lorient harbour, which from its appearance may date from the Second World War:-

My original post about this building is here.

Last May we stopped in there for a coffee and a cake.

The internal doors:-

Door and ceiling detail:-

Doors to café:-

Main room one angle:-

Main room second angle:-

Main room third angle:-

Red room. This was where we sat down:-

Red room other angle:-

Stairwell:-

Upper floor (i):-

Upper floor (ii):-

Exterior detail of side doorway:-

I couldn’t help noticing this very deco looking (or possibly Frank Lloyd Wright influenced or maybe it’s just Belgian) building when we passed through Zonnebeeke in Flanders. The tower behind belongs to the Church of our Lady:-

Imagine my surprise when I got round to the front and discovered it houses the Passchendaele Research Centre which seems to be part of the Passchendaele Memorial Museum. Note the “rule of three” in the windows – and even in what looks like a cold frame below them:-

Other angle:-

From rear:-

Unfortunately I couldn’t get an uninterrupted view of the frontage due to the parked van:-

Bury St Edmunds has a smattering of old buildings in the Gothic style but also some Art Deco. This is a very thirties Marks & Spencer:-

Betfred has Art Deco leanings in the slight overhangs:-

But the exemplar has to be The Works, which exhibits the rule of three in the windows which in addition have great deco glass, with sunburst effect above:-

Detailing:-

End window detail:-

The Works was right beside this Tudor/mediæval style building which now houses W H Smith’s:-

Fenton Insurance. Lovely sweeping curve and canopies over windows and door:-

Corner detail:-

In need of some tlc, though:-

Fine lettering and flagpole holders on this brick-built garage.
(Photo snatched – not by the driver – through car window while awaiting traffic light to change):-

Second snatched photo:-

The Record Shop. Great stained glass with Art Deco motifs:-

Stained glass detail:-

Hocus Pocus. Body piercing etc:-

Extension to Hocus Pocus, up a back alley:_

The windows on this one, now the British Legion, have been comprehensively wrecked:-

Again abominably named. Phones 4 U:-

King’s Lynn Bus Station. Too “boxy” and modern to be deco?

Norfolk Constabulary Building. Definitely 1930s in style:-

RBS. Glass bricks, balcony railings and round tower:-

Corner Deco. WMS Recruitment:-

A shop called CSS:-

McDonald’s:-

Debenham’s. (Maybe not deco):-

The abominably named Cash 4 Clothes (again maybe not deco):-

There’s a lovely curved frontage to Burton’s, King’s Lynn:-

Detailing round window:-

Column detail:-

Roofline detail. Odd Cadbury’s Smash-like figure stencilled to right here:-

Almost the first thing I noticed on getting out of the car in King’s Lynn was a blocky Art Deco building with typical deco glazing. (Note Greyfriar’s Tower behind):-

It wasn’t till working round the town that I discovered it was the former Ritz Cinema, now a bingo hall:-

Note “rule of three” in the doors and the columns and windows above them. View from main street (again you can glimpse Greyfriars Tower behind):-

Other side view (from the War Memorial and in front of Greyfriars Tower):-