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Picture House Cafe, 13 Church Street, Dufftown

A Category B Listed Building in Dufftown, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4443 / 57°26'39"N

Longitude: -3.1284 / 3°7'42"W

OS Eastings: 332368

OS Northings: 839895

OS Grid: NJ323398

Mapcode National: GBR L9M1.KML

Mapcode Global: WH6KG.X4GY

Plus Code: 9C9RCVVC+PJ

Entry Name: Picture House Cafe, 13 Church Street, Dufftown

Listing Name: 9-13 (Odd Nos) Church Street, Glenfiddich Cafe and Picture House Cafe, Cinema and Projection House

Listing Date: 14 October 1976

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 360760

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24719

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200360760

Location: Dufftown

County: Moray

Town: Dufftown

Electoral Ward: Speyside Glenlivet

Traditional County: Banffshire

Tagged with: Cinema

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Description

Dated 1879. E facing 2-storey and attic, 3-bay shop and house. Rubble, contrasting painted ashlar dressings. Centre slightly advanced and pedimented bay with wide segmental headed, keystoned entrance infilled with glazed doors. Giant pilasters flank centre bay channelled in ground floor and panelled in 2nd. Original shop windows in ground floor much altered by varied modern glazing.

Centre 1st floor pedimented window flanked by bipartites in outer bays with bracketted cills. 2 canted dormers; 2-pane glazing to upper fenestration.

Rusticated long short angle detailing; original decorative cast-iron rhones, cast-iron finials and weathervane; decorative cast-iron ridge brattishing. Coped end stacks; slate roof.

Rubble return elevation to S.

Plain harled rear cinema (former town hall) with circa 1930 brick lean-to projection house.

INTERIOR: plain hall, 1930s seating.

Statement of Interest

The former Town Hall of 1879 was converted into the Church Street Picture House around 1930. The fully equipped projection house with 2 projectors, splicer, shelving (all 1930s) is a rare survival. Upgraded from Category C(S) to B (9.11.87)

References and Notes updated as part of the Cinemas Thematic Study 2007-08.

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