Ian Bright Architects

Built c.1880. Grade II Listed. The Pavilion is a completely unique combination of an octagonal masonry structure adorned with highly decorative terracotta tiles, and a central cast iron frame produced by Walter MacFarlane’s Saracen Foundry in Glasgow.  The central frame rises through the full height of the building to terminate in a dramatic glazed lantern.

The Pavilion’s exterior has been restored to the highest conservation standards, including repointing, masonry repairs, and replacement of decayed original terracotta tiling.  The cast iron lantern roof structure and entrance canopy have been completely dismantled and restored off site in a local specialist workshop, before being rebuilt on site using newly cast components where originals were lost or beyond repair.  Lost decorative elements including drip frets and antifixae have been cast from new patterns developed from the original Saracen Foundry pattern books.  This work has fully reinstated the Pavilion’s original dramatic appearance as documented through a number of extant historical photographs.  A new colour scheme was developed for the ironwork elements, based on extensive analysis of historical photographs and paint samples taken from various original components.

No traces remained of the Pavilion’s original interior, and a number of alterations over the last few decades in response to the changing needs of the building’s café tenants had seriously diminished the quality of the internal spaces.  An clearly contemporary yet discreet interior design was developed to provide a high quality internal space for the tenants, whilst remaining appropriately deferential to the original cast iron structure.  Of particular note is the new first floor gallery edge detail which uses a series of non-invasive friction clamps fixed around the existing columns.