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

Fife Ice Arena, designed by Williamson and Hubbard in 1937-1938, is a purpose-built rectangular ice rink featuring an Art Deco style entrance. It is situated on a large open site. The principal elevation facing the street is rendered and includes a chevron-detailed flag-pole tower at each corner. The entrance block, which is slightly lower and extends to the southeast angle, has steps leading to a recessed entrance porch with curved sides. This porch features three double-leaf timber doors that are part-glazed and have timber chevron detailing. Above the entrance, there are three tiers of narrow horizontal glazing, each separated by a continuous banded cill course, with a curved corner angle on the left and vertical signage on a corbelled base to the right, which rises above a projecting band course at the wallhead. The side and rear elevations are plain and rendered.

The building includes Art Deco style metal glazing with 12 panes on the upper floor and margined pattern glazing at the rounded corner angle. There are timber and glazed doors, a roof covered with corrugated sheeting, and cast-iron rainwater goods.

Inside, there is a bar and lounge area with a curved frontage and a balcony above, which is accessed directly from the rink. This area features partitioned doors at either end, a built-in bar with canted timber panels below, a sliding door, and a hatch, along with turned timber spindles for room divider openings. The foyer was remodeled around 1980, replacing the original ticket office, with further remodeling occurring in 2011.

The gate piers consist of tall rectangular-plan, capped painted concrete piers at the vehicular entrance, which display vertical "ICE RINK" signage, and smaller piers flanking the pedestrian entrances. Low curving painted concrete quadrant walls extend from the outer piers.