Broadway Cinema, 80 Main Street, Prestwick

Alister G MacDonald, 1934-5. 2-storey, 5-bay, flat-roofed, Art Deco entrance block of former cinema with pitched-roof auditorium behind. Principal elevation stepped up towards centre with entrance bay recessed between convex curved wings and shops at ground floor. Rendered bricks and synthetic stone on steel frame. Base course; projecting canopy over entrance; string course; 1st floor windows set in slightly recessed band strip; coped wallhead.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 4 2-leaf glazed timber entrance doors with Art Deco glazing pattern and narrow lying-pane glazed fanlights to central recessed entrance with marble floor tiles and projecting canopy; tall block above with 3 windows and raised wallhead. Slightly lower curved bays advanced to each side with shop fronts at ground and windows at 1st floor; recessed blocks above, rising to same height as centre. Fully intact shop front to No 78 (right of centre) with curved glass and lying-pane glazing; altered shop front to No 82 (left of centre). Single storey shops to outer right and left retaining some original glazing; full-height wall recessed behind.

REAR: large gabled brick auditorium.

Lying-pane and plate glass glazing; some later replacements.

INTERIOR: seen (2008). Original layout largely intact with some later alterations. Art Deco decoration with some unusual decorative features. Timber panelling to many areas, including stairwells and former café area. Dado-height decorative stepped panelling to auditorium. Unusual camel design to air vents. Some fixed-pane metal windows to interior spaces. Some decorative cornicing; timber panelled doors with small inset glass panels and stylised stepped triangular decorative architraves. Later squash courts inserted into auditorium.