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Latitude: 55.8628 / 55°51'46"N
Longitude: -4.0285 / 4°1'42"W
OS Eastings: 273144
OS Northings: 665150
OS Grid: NS731651
Mapcode National: GBR 009N.N6
Mapcode Global: WH4QB.2WYW
Plus Code: 9C7QVX7C+4J
Entry Name: Coia's Buildings, 27, 29 Main Street, Coatbridge
Listing Name: 27, 29 Main Street, Coia's Building
Listing Date: 19 April 1993
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 358764
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB23019
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200358764
Location: Coatbridge
County: North Lanarkshire
Town: Coatbridge
Electoral Ward: Coatbridge North
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Thomas Smith, 1926. Narrow 4-storey and basement 'Glasgow style' former cafe, shop and domestic building. Timber and plate glass at ground and 1st floor, polished red sandstone ashlar at upper floors with brick return elevations, brick pediment with white-glazed brick bands. 2-pane timber sash and case windows at upper floors flanked by 2 storey quoin strips terminating in rectangular-section corniced and panelled stacks. FRONT ELEVATION: ground floor, original shopfront with figured glass door masked by plain modern shopfront; 1st floor, full-width 5-light plate glass window with 'COIA'S CENTRAL CAFE' above; 2nd floor, decorative wrought-iron verandah, recessed 4-light canted window with decorative wrought-iron parapet; 3rd floor, 4-light window, corniced and coped pediment.INTERIOR: not seen
The structure rises 2-storeys above adjoining buildings, and when built for Charles Coia, consisted of a billiards saloon in the basement, shop and dance hall on the ground floor, restaurant on the first floor, and domestic flats above. There was formerly a canopy (shown in early photographs) over the entrance.
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