Description

A G R Mackenzie of A Marshall Mackenzie & Son, 1938.
Purpose-built 47 bedroom hotel on corner site with art deco
detail, 4-storey reinforced concrete with squared granite
facing with fine-tooled plinth, exposed concrete cills,
lintels and balconies. V-plan with bold curved angle.
Cantilevered canopied main entrance to Great Northern Road,
various subsidiary entrances. Continuous balcony on 1st
floor, to curved angle only at 2nd. All windows to each
elevation with continuous cills and lintels, granite dividing
piers, metal framed with horizontal glazing pattern. Parapet.
Interior: Much alteration at ground floor, some original
details in small diningroom. 1st floor anti-room to ballroom
with art deco canopy. Ballroom: super-cinema style; flowing
curvilinear shape, bold curved cornices concealing lighting
ceiling on various planes; bands dais recess.

Statement of Interest

Up-graded to category A 31 January 1990.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17576497

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)