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Latitude: 57.6638 / 57°39'49"N
Longitude: -2.521 / 2°31'15"W
OS Eastings: 369014
OS Northings: 863890
OS Grid: NJ690638
Mapcode National: GBR N84G.MTC
Mapcode Global: WH8LW.7MSP
Plus Code: 9C9VMF7H+GJ
Entry Name: 43, 45, 47 Bridge Street, Banff
Listing Name: 41-47 (Odd Nos) Bridge Street
Listing Date: 22 February 1972
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 357340
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB21900
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200357340
Location: Banff
County: Aberdeenshire
Town: Banff
Electoral Ward: Banff and District
Traditional County: Banffshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Later 18th century. 2 separate builds, both 2 storeys, 1 x 2-bay and 1 x 3 bay; ground floor entirely infilled with glazed shop fronts. Harled. Regular 1st floor fenestration with 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows (3-bay range now with plate glass lower sashes). Slated roof to 3-bay range, corrugated asbestos roof to 2-bay range.
INTERIOR: (seen 2008) altered, now used as storeroom. Seating removed. Simple gently curved ceiling to former auditorium.
Forming an integral and important part of the historic streetscape in Banff, this building is also notable for its former use as a cinema with an auditorium surviving to the rear. Entered at ground floor, the former 'Picture House' opened in 1937. 'Back of Court' cinemas (a particularly Scottish form of cinema design) were predominantly associated with early urban cinemas and this Aberdeenshire example is a less common variant of the type
See the Cinema Theatre Association website for further information about the cinema use.
Description updated as part of the Cinemas Thematic Study 2007-08.
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