Portland Arms Public House, 1169 Shettleston Road, Glasgow

Thomson, Sandilands and MacLeod, 1937. Single storey, 5-bay, piend roofed, Art Deco public house with very fine surviving interior. Granite panels below windows and forming architrave of central 2-leaf timber panelled door; decoratively patterned red brick with parapet and central keystone-like detail. Raised lettering to main fascia; hatch to cellar below window to outer bay at left. Distinctive glazing with stylised sunbrusts in most windows to street.

Plate glass in fixed timber windows with two large panes at bottom and three smaller panes above. Slate roof with zinc ridges.

INTERIOR: Art Deco style interior. Vestibule with red and white tiles forming 'Y' shaped pattern; doors with chrome furniture, those to right and left leading to bar, central 2-leaf door to off-sales counter; sunburst-pattern glazing to panels above. Floor of main bar with grey and white tiles arranged geometrically. Decorative veneers to three quarter height wall panelling; timber veneered chimneypieces to right and left side walls. Ceiling with simple cornice and square roof lights with neon lights mounted at edge; lower oval section over bar with neon lights to interior edge. Oval island barrel-like bar with chrome band and varied veneers. Oval gantry with splayed column linked to ceiling feature. Bench seating with dividers with match strikers: fixed elongated oval tables (now covered with formica). Panelled and glazed rear wall screens private rooms, now stores; projecting lobby to lavatories probably circa 1940; screened and glazed private sitting area to left of main door, ladies room to right.