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Babylon Nightclub (Former)

Category

AT RISK

SCT Ref No

3733

Name of Building

Babylon Nightclub (Former)

Other Name(s)

Mecca Bingo (Former); BB Cinema (Former)

Listing Category

Unlisted

Conservation Area

Address

5-7 Argyle Street/ 12-14 West Stewart Street, Greenock

Postcode

PA15 1XA

Locality

Planning Authority

Inverclyde

Divisional Area

N/A

OS Grid Ref

Location Type

Urban

Description

Opened 1914; rebuilt 1935 with the current plain facade. Bingo hall until recently, then a nightclub. Currently derelict. (ref: scottish cinemas.org). Large Art Deco former cinema on corner site. Early purpose-built cinema, altered during the 1930's. Collonaded entrance, plain frontage with tile decoration at centre. White roughcast render. Side elevations feature sets of small, tripartite windows.

Building Dates:

1914; 1935

Architects:

Unknown

Gallery (click thumbnails to expand)

Front (corner) elevation.

December 2008

East (side) elevation.

December 2008

Category of Risk and Development History

Condition:

Fair

Category of Risk:

Low

Exemptions to State of Risk:

Site Visit History:

16/12/2008

Reason for Risk/Development History:

December 2008: External inspection finds the building in fair condition. The blocked gutters are causing vegetation growth and staining on the walls. The render is failing on one portion of the facade.

June 2010: A member of the public contacts SCT to advise that the condition of the building has deteriorated and that site security is now an issue.

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Guides to Development

HS Building No

N/A

Conservation Area

Inventory of Gardens & Designed Landscapes in Scotland

World Heritage Site

Scheduled Ancient Monument

Planning Authority Contact

James Lynn

PAC Telephone

01475 712418

PAC Email

devplan.planning@inverclyde.gov.uk

Availability

Current Availability

Unknown

Appointed Agents

Technical Issues

Price

Floor Area

Area of Surrounding Ground

Marketing Notes

Occupancy

Unknown

Occupancy Type

Unknown

Present Uses

Former Uses

Cinema

Nightclub

Name of Owners

Type of Ownership

Unknown

Information Services

Bibliography

Additional Contacts/Information Source

Classification

Cinemas

Original Entry Date

06/01/2009

Date of Last Edit

25/06/2010

Web Addresses

Scottish Cinemas website: http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/scotland/greenock/bb.html

Greenock Town website: http://www.greenock-town.co.uk/cinema.html

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