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Latitude: 55.8452 / 55°50'42"N
Longitude: -4.4253 / 4°25'30"W
OS Eastings: 248248
OS Northings: 663989
OS Grid: NS482639
Mapcode National: GBR 3K.4P4B
Mapcode Global: WH3P6.0B0V
Plus Code: 9C7QRHWF+3V
Entry Name: Mecca Social Club, 23 High Street, Paisley
Listing Name: 23 High Street, the Paisley Centre
Listing Date: 27 March 1985
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 384539
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB39014
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Mecca Social Club
ID on this website: 200384539
Location: Paisley
County: Renfrewshire
Town: Paisley
Electoral Ward: Paisley East and Central
Traditional County: Renfrewshire
Tagged with: Cinema Bingo hall
Geo A Boswell, architect 1912. Art Deco. 3-storey, 5-bay facade of glazed variegated brick. Later alteration to ground floor but capitals of original coupled pilasters or columns flanking entrance remain. Cornice and frieze over ground floor. 1st floor has pylons to outer bays with pilasters rising to bracketed pediments. Blocking course over; Centre bays have keystoned windows with oculi over and pilasters between, supporting entablature with mutule cornice. Parapet with moulded decorative panels.
INTERIOR: (seen 2008). Auditorium demolished and large shopping centre currently situated behind façade.
This striking entrance elevation on the High Street forms a significant feature in the streetscape. The building was formerly the Picture House which opened in 1912. It became a Bingo Hall in the 1960s and finally closed in the 1980s. The auditorium was demolished in the late 1980s and a shopping centre was erected. The original interior was in a rich Art Deco Classical style with columns with gilded capitals. Decoration also included gilded consoles and pilasters as well as rich floral gilded friezes and mouldings to the ceilings.
Interior, Notes and References updated as part of the Cinema Thematic Study 2007-08.
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