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KEY
1 - Cinema entrance 2 - Bar entrance 3 - Restaurant entrance 4 - Balcony bar (overhanging entrances) 5 - Wooden doors to upper bar 6 - Main auditorium roof 7 - Glazed area 8 - Cul de Sac building 9 - The Chip building |
| There is a three floor high new
'tower' on the left hand side - to full height of Cul de Sac building.
Glazed windows down entire height of this. Similar on right hand side
but two floors high (same height as the Chip adjoining). In between, the ground floor is set back from Ashton lane, with entrances to bar (centre), restaurant (RHS) and cinema (in side of protruding 'tower' section). An overhanging balcony overlooks this set back section, with handrail, and forms an upper bar exterior area. Doors to upper bar are wooden. Walls are finished in white as before to blend into the other buildings in the lane. |
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KEY
1 - Ashton Lane 2 - Bar entrance 3 - Restaurant entrance 4 - Lift 5 - Cinema ticket sales 6 - Main bar 7 - Restaurant bar 8 - Main restaurant area 9 - Kitchens 10 - Toilets 11 - Main stairs to cinemas 12 - Entrance to cinema 13 - Fire Exit Stairs |
| The central region taken up with
the main bar. A waiting area and bar for the restaurant is on the right,
running the length of building. Actual restuarant forms the full width
of the rear half. Kitchens and toilets are on the left hand side, and extend to the area between the auditorium and Cul de Sac. Ticket sales for cinema are in ground floor of 'tower', with steps up to first floor. Also lift & ramp access to first floor on far right. |
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KEY
1 - Ashton Lane 2 - Balcony bar (outside) 3 - Balcony Bar 4 - Lift 5 - Arts cinema (96 seats) 6 - Projection booth 7 - Main cinema (214 seats) 8 - Toilets 9 - Staff area 10 - Main screen 11 - Fire exit 12 - Arts screen 13 - Kiosk - sweets etc. |
| The main access is via stair in
'tower' to cinema. The front portion - roughly the original foyer region
- is accessed from the ground floor bar, and is a small second bar and
balcony overlooking the lane. The projection booth is in centre of this level. A small 'arts' cinema has its screen in approximate position of the original screen, with a new rake. This cinema is about half the width of full auditorium, and is centrally located width-wise. The same projection booth serves the main 214 seat cinema, which uses the full auditorium width at the rear half of the building, with its screen on the current back wall. This cinema is full height to reveal the original decorative ceiling (which is to be restored and repaired). Toilets, staff rooms etc in remaining spaces at side. |
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KEY
1 - Ashton Lane 2 - Corporate lounge 3 - Corporate Bar 4 - Corporate presentation area 5 - Conference Room 6 - Offices 7 - Void over main cinema 8 - ??? wall or open area ??? |
| The main access is via the tower
stair again. A corporate lounge is in top of the 'tower', also a
conference room on the LHS, and office space on the RHS of a 'corporate
presentation area'. This is a central raked area of seats, again with
restored original roof above. Seats point in direction of main cinema
screen. Here is where the plans are not clear: either there is a separate screen for this presentation area, or it acts as a 'balcony' for the main screen. This would be really good if it was the case, as there would then be a large continuous area of original roof revealed and visible, and a screen with a balcony would be unique in a current Glasgow cinema. There is no sign of a separate projection area for this 2nd floor region, so it is possible. Fingers crossed! |
Side View End View  |
KEY
1 - Ashton Lane 2 - Main Bar 3 - Restaurant 4 - Balcony Bar 5 - Arts Cinema 6 - Projection booth 7 - Main cinema 8 - Corporate area 9 - Corporate presentations 10 - ??? wall or open area ??? 11 - Roof void 12 - Restored original roof 13 - Kitchens 14 - Conference room 15 - Offices |
| Interestingly, the ground floor
will be at normal Ashton Lane ground level, with the original stalls
rake filled in (though there is vague mention of 'cellar space'.) So
ceilings must be fairly low in the bar & restaurant to be able to
fit all the floors inside the building beneath the retained ceiling. The plans also explicitly state the retention and restoration of original ceiling decoration, which is fantastic news. |
Side View Ground Floor Plan  |
KEY (side
view)
1 - Ashton Lane 2 - Foyer 3 - Cinema 4 - Screen 5 - Projection booth 6 - Disused balcony area 7 - Void above false ceiling 8 - Disused original screen area 9 - Original ceiling void 10 - Original ceiling decoration KEY (ground
plan)
1 - Ashton Lane 2 - Foyer 3 - Ticket sales 4 - Sweets Kiosk 5 - Office 6 - Kelvin Cinema 7 - Ashton Cinema 8 - Screens 9 - Projection booth 10 - Toilets 11 - Staff area |