General exterior view showing main entrance front
BL 20720/2
Description General exterior view showing main entrance front
Date c. 1909
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number BL 20720/2
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Ayr Roller Skating Rink, Boswell Park, Ayr Ayr Roller Skating Rink was built in the early 1900s by the architect, James Campbell Reid, to cater for the popular pastime of roller skating. This view of the exterior was taken in c.1909 by the architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere. This impressive building had an elaborate pseudo-Classical frontage with a curved entrance and simple arrangement of small windows. The ornate corner pavilions were each topped by a single electric globe light. The indoor rink was built in the early 1900s to meet the public demand for roller skating. However, the craze did not last long, and in 1910, the rink was converted into a cinema, the Ayr Electric Pavilion, to meet a new demand for better silent films. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Glass
External Reference Box 54
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/680742
Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Bedford Lemere and Company Collection)
Licence Type: Educational
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
