Posted in Architecture, Art Deco at 12:00 on 12 October 2020
On the way to Prestatyn and Rhyl we took the North Wales Expressway, aka the A 55. By contrast on the way back to Hawarden, we travelled by the coast road and as a consequence passed through the town of Flint where I spotted this Art Deco style house:-
Seen from right:-

Rule of three in windows to left, canopy, decorative roofline. Windows have been messed about with, though:-
From this angle the flat roof is obvious. The house is rendered in cream rather than the more usual Art Deco white:-

Rear of house:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas, Trips at 12:00 on 10 October 2020
A beautiful piece of Art Deco in Rhyl, North Wales. The former Odeon Theatre in Rhyl is now a bingo hall. From reverse shows horizontals, verticals, curves, a canopy and rule of three in windows (whose eyes have sadly been put out.)

High Art Deco style here. Curved corner, streamlining in the brick:-

Entrance, canopy and white cladding:-

Full frontage (stitch of two photos):-

Detail. Note rule of three in the small windows here:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Bridges, Trips at 12:00 on 8 October 2020
Rhyl is only a few miles from Prestatyn so we popped along the coast a bit. It’s a seaside town so naturally there’s some Art Deco.
Former Burton’s. Typical Burton’s Deco style:-

Art Deco style clock tower on East Parade. Nice bridge behind:-


Then there was this building still with its original Critall windows:-

The Premier Inn on East Parade has something of the look, horizontals, verticals but no rule of three:-


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