Fife Ice Arena Including Gate Piers And Quadrant Walls, Rosslyn Street

Williamson and Hubbard, 1937-8. Purpose-built, rectangular-plan ice rink with Art Deco style entrance, located on large open site. Rendered to principal (street-facing) elevation with chevron-detailed flag-pole tower to each corner angle. Slighty lower entrance block extending to SE angle: steps to recessed entrance porch with curved sides; 3 double-leaf timber doors, part-glazed with timber chevron detail. Above entrance, 3 tiers of narrow horizontal glazing, each separated by a continuous banded cill course; curved corner angle to left; vertical signage on corbelled base to right, rising above projecting band course at wallhead. Plain rendered side and rear elevations.

Lying-pane Art Deco style metal glazing; 12 panes to upper floor and margined pattern glazing to rounded corner angle. Timber and glazed doors. Corrugated sheeting to roof, cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: bar and lounge area with curved frontage and balcony above, accessed directly from the rink: partitioned doors at either end; built-in bar with canted timber panels below; sliding door and hatch; turned timber spindles to room divider openings. Foyer remodelled circa 1980 replacing original ticket office. Further remodelling 2011.

GATE PIERS: tall rectangular-plan, capped painted concrete piers to vehicular entrance with vertical "ICE RINK" signage; smaller piers to flanking pedestrian entrances. Low curving painted concrete quadrant walls extending from outer piers.