How about some Art Deco...

[Profpointy]

A former Burton's Taylor shop in Abergavenny. Still a clothes shop but Burton's have long gone. We were discussing ex-Burton's upthread and I think I mentioned this very one, and happened to be passing earlier. Annoyingly it seems I've done 'em in square format making it hard to see rather fine Burton's sign from the lower picture. The upper floor is slightly more art-deco that it looks in my grey pictures

 

[Gunk]

I've played for a few wedding dos on Burgh Island, and to be honest when you get up close it's a bit disappointing - it looks like it was done on a tight budget, so not as opulent as you might expect, and lacking sexy curvaceousness. Still nice though.

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We stayed there for our honeymoon back in 2003, it was a bit shabby back then, in fact the foyer ceiling collapsed on our last day!

 

[Gunk]

They’ve just finished restoring the Dominion Cinema in Harrow, the facade was covered in the 1960’s

 

[rjsterry]

They’ve just finished restoring the Dominion Cinema in Harrow, the facade was covered in the 1960’s

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That is a decent effort and credit to the developer. Would have been very easy to say it was too difficult and couldn't be salvaged.

 

[briantrumpet]

They’ve just finished restoring the Dominion Cinema in Harrow, the facade was covered in the 1960’s

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Is the building (flats?) behind a completely separate building? If so, how nice to have curved balconies to match the sexy curves of the cinema, glass n all. That's certainly a stunner.

 

[seanoconn]

My local, apologies if posted already

 

[Profpointy]

They’ve just finished restoring the Dominion Cinema in Harrow, the facade was covered in the 1960’s

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That's genuinely stunning, and likely worth a tube ride to the 'burbs if I'm next in London

 

[briantrumpet]

Saw this one on FB - a one-off from 1936 in Brislington, Bristol, which was a show home apparently, but never had any takers for others. What a pity. (Also a pity that the curved glass has been replaced with completely the wrong windows.)

 

[Jenkins]

Saw this one on FB - a one-off from 1936 in Brislington, Bristol, which was a show home apparently, but never had any takers for others. What a pity. (Also a pity that the curved glass has been replaced with completely the wrong windows.)

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There used to be quite a few in that style on the cliff top in Old Felixstowe. The last two I can find images of are the grey & white ones in this 2009 Google map link, but like all the others they have since been knocked down and new builds taken their place.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Torquay last week

 

[briantrumpet]

Pointed out by a friend as we were in Valence yesterday... restored, but pity about the windows... I feel sure that the originals would have had more horizontal bars, even if the building avoids curvaceousness. But it's been nicely restored otherwise.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Doesn't strike me as art deco?

 

[geocycle]

A former cinema in Southport nicely done up as a cocktail bar. A particularly good Eric Gill style frieze. Unlike most cocktail bars they did proper real ale and were quite reasonably priced

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That’s a nice Eric Gill. Reminds me of the one in the Midland at Morecambe.

 

[briantrumpet]

Doesn't strike me as art deco?

I think maybe we've got a somewhat narrower view of art deco than in France. It's not necessarily sexy curves.

 

[briantrumpet]

Sadly that link goes nowhere now, but it looks like I ought to create a Nart Deco day out there one time when I'm passing through, which is frequently... or maybe a nice day's outing in the summer...