Green's Playhouse

A large ‘super-cinema’ - second only in the UK in size to Green’s Playhouse in Glasgow (1927) - by John Fairweather.

The lavish interior was by John Alexander, with Art Deco foyer and restaurant, and the auditorium, with Corinthian columns and piers marching down the side walls, was described as an ‘outstanding and enormous Classical/Art Deco theatre’. It was said to have set ‘standards of luxury unrivalled anywhere else in Scotland’.

The exterior was dominated by a 25m lattice steel neon advertising tower, later clad with sheet metal.

Bingo and other uses from 1967 until a devastating fire in 1995. The remains were deemed to be dangerous and demolition followed, although the tower survived and is listed (Category B).