Description

C J McNair, architect, 1939, Super cinema converted to flats with façade retention 2001. Symmetrical stepped elevation to Great Western Road. Curved three-quarter height stair towers to outer bays. Recessed 5-bay central block with entrance to ground and windows to 1st. Rendered walling, all white painted with some exposed band courses. Cream faience tiling to stair towers with bands of contrasting colour near top.

Statement of Interest

The 1,963 seat Ascot opened in December 1939, after delays in construction caused by the declaration of War, and subsequent alterations to strengthen the roof to provide better shelter in the event of bombing. It was renamed 'Gaumont' in 1950 and became 'Odeon' in 1964, before closing as a cinema and converting to a bingo hall in 1975. After final closure in 1998 the building remained empty until 2001 when new flats were erected on the site, with only the principle façade retained.

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

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Odeon Anniesland official website
• Wikidata Q17793856

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)