In November 2019 we visited Perth Academy to attend its annual Remembrance Service.

Perth Academy’s history goes back to 1696 (or 1542 depending on which part of the text you read in the link above.)

The present building has Art Deco styling – not surprising as work started on it in 1930 and the school moved in in 1932.

Courtyard:-

The clock tower is a prominent feature of the Academy building and can be seen from many parts of the city:-

The yellow painting of the windows accentuates the horizontals and verticals, as does the chimney tower:-

Deco style evident in doors, windows and the columns going off to the right:-

Chimney tower and wing of building:-

We have friends who live just north of Sunderland and took the opportunity when travelling back up from Rye (and Ashby de la Zouch) to visit them.

On the way we passed through East Boldon which is part of a group of villages called the Boldons which also includes West Boldon and Boldon Colliery, historically in the County of Durham but now administratively part of South Tyneside.

I spotted this Art Deco building and stopped to photograph it. Rule of three in main windows, plus porthole window:-

Side of building. Critallish windows. Those at rear have been poked out though:-

Frontage. Deco fanlight, Critall windows to left above East Boldon Dental Practice:-

There were slim pickings for Art Deco in Ashby. The only possibilty was this branch of the National Westminster Bank.

The hints of deco are in the cartouche below the roofline and there is rule of three in the frontage’s arches.

On the way out of Coalville along Ashby Road, I spotted this and had to find a parking space in order to photograph it.

It is an Art Deco bus depot built in 1925.

Central portion. Deco lettering:-

Left portion. Banding below roofline. Red decoration on white detail. Rule of three in windows. Pity their eyes have been poked out.:-

Right portion. Banding continued. Rule of three in lower windows:-

Former Coalville Bus Depot sign. It reads, “The Birmingham and MIDLAND Motor Omnibus Co Ltd.”:-

The former Rex Cinema is a stunning Art Deco building – in that blocky institutional style favoured by government buildings and dictators – in Coalville, Leicestershire. After ceasing to be a cinema it became a Dunelm Mill but that too has shut.

Frontage:-

This view shows how closely located is the Rex to the Palace Cinema – also Deco:-

This former cinema (on Jackson Street in Coalville) but now a Bingo Hall, screams deco.

Horizontals, verticals, friezes:-

Frontage:-

Detail of elegant deco frieze just below roofline and side scrolls:-

Frontage from left:-

Windows and scrolls:-

Small window:-

In Coalville I found no fewer than four Art Deco style buildings. Two of them were glorious.

This one (to the left of the photo) however, barely makes the definition. It could be seen from the square containing the Clocktower War Memorial. It’s deco only in the stepped roofline and rule of three in (filled-in) windows:-

The first place we entered in Rye, apart from the hotel, was an antique shop.

Imagine my surprise to find the tail fins from a Soviet MiG Fighter for sale!

There was also this Art Deco poster of Bexhill-on-Sea, featuring the town’s iconic Art Deco/Moderne De La Warr Pavilion:-

And a jolly elephant (the company’s logo is an elephant) on a French (language) advert for Côte d’Or milk chocolate with the added bonus of an Art Deco style building in the background:-

From where we parked it was a short walk into the city centre over the canal with a Roman wall high above it:-

A street in Chester, showing typical timber-framed Tudor style buildings:-

Another street. Contains a shop called Rigby. Note clock (a Deco touch?):-

The impressive Town Hall building dates from 1869:-

In 2009 I posted photos of Art Deco buildings in Chester.

Last September we took a trip into the city again from our stop at nearby Hawarden. Since we were approaching the city by a different route I found some more buildings to photograph.

A block of shops on Christleton Road. Some Art Deco style here, roofline, rule of three in main building windows:-

I only noticed the above because I had stopped to photograph Tanner’s Wines. Note horizontals, verticals, glazing, rule of three in frontage, clock.

Frontage:-

Other side view:-

“Sunburst” doors. Deco par excellence:-

In the city centre were a few more buildings I’d missed the previous time.

Body Shop, minor Deco touches, (flat) roof line, rule of three in centre windows:-

Deichman. On the cusp of Deco:-

I managed to get Marks and Spencer this time:-

Detail. Note “sunburst” balcony:-