Mecca Bingo

Mecca Bingo, formerly known as the Garrick Theatre, is a theatre that has been converted into a bingo club with shops on the ground floor. It was built in 1932 and altered later, designed by George Tonge. The building features brown brick with Portland stone and concrete dressings, and it is designed in the Art Deco style. It has a large rectangular plan on a corner site and stands approximately four storeys tall.

The exterior has an almost symmetrical composition with five windows in each of the three main sections, consisting of a central range flanked by broad projecting wings. These wings are connected by a two-storey range topped with an open five-bay colonnade. The ground floor has shop fronts that have been altered and are protected by a flat cantilevered canopy. Above this, the central five-window range features tall windows with deep stilted and tapered heads, and an open colonnade made of Portland stone with coupled columns and a plain entablature topped with a moulded cornice. Each bay has a parapet with carved panels, including a central panel displaying the masks of Comedy and Tragedy. The wings are taller, each with a raised centre and stepped parapet, featuring windows arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern. The first floor has small rectangular windows, while the upper floors have tall windows similar to those in the main range, horizontally divided by bands of Art Deco chevron, with the central windows designed as stepped triplets with metal balconies. All windows retain their original Art Deco metal frames and stained glass. The right corner of the building is curved and features three fluted pilasters that diminish in size from floor to floor, with the right-hand return designed in a similar style.

Inside, the building has been altered with the removal of the stage and raked seating, but it still retains the original proscenium arch with an Art Deco open-work surround, boxes with chromium decoration, and painted friezes.