Murrayfield Ice Rink

Murrayfield Ice Rink, designed by J B Dunn and G L Martin between 1938 and 1939, is a purpose-built rectangular-plan ice rink in the Art Deco style. It features a prominent symmetrical entrance elevation with a flat roof, fronting the main ice rink block, and is set in a large open site. The building is three stories tall, with a rendered central entrance bay that includes five circular lights and paired flagpoles. This bay is flanked by advanced two-story brick sections with five bays, characterized by horizontal glazing and paired projecting semi-circular windows in the inner bays, along with black glazed brick detailing.

The entrance has a plain curved canopy over five paired double doors, which are divided by fins. There are projecting continuous cills and hoodmould margins around the window openings, as well as a projecting band course at the wallheads. The side and rear elevations are plain brick, painted at the ground level, and are punctuated by single-storey exit outshots with paired brick ribs that extend upwards around former windows, which are now infilled. The eaves are covered with horizontally spanning corrugated panels. An addition for curling was made in 1979 to the right of the entrance.

The building features Art Deco style metal glazing, with 12 panes on the upper floor and margined pattern glazing in the rounded bays. The doors are made of timber and glass. The roof is predominantly piended with three valley sections across the center, covered in corrugated sheeting, and has cast-iron rainwater goods.

Inside, the original layout is largely intact, with a main open ice arena surrounded by raked seating. Brick-built service and public corridors run beneath the seating, with rooms branching off. The interior includes original metal and timber pivot seats, timber doors, and window openings. Exposed cast-iron riveted structural elements are visible throughout, along with a panelled suspended ceiling. A horizontal timber and glazed partition separates the former café area, and Art Deco style door handles are present.