by gap74 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:03 pm
I seem to recall the listing bid was turned down by Historic Scotland, on the grounds that the sign alone didn't have enough merit, but I think that's a bit short-sighted.
It's a traditional ballroom, of which there are pretty much none left intact anywhere else in Scotland. The exterior, sign apart, is hideous, I'll grant, but the interior is pretty much as built in 1960, with all the wee decorative touches that HH has photographed above, as well as etched mirrors and formica bars. And I love the vaulted ceiling in the main auditorium!
It's the kind of timewarp place that someone will probably try to get listed again in a couple of decades, only by then, the place will probably have been gutted for some ill-advised "modernisation".