Armadale, 50 West Main Street, The Goth
Public House (20th Century)
Site Name Armadale, 50 West Main Street, The Goth
Classification Public House (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gothenburg Tavern; The Gothenburg
Canmore ID 188389
Site Number NS96NW 32
NGR NS 93661 68598
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/188389
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Bathgate
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
The Goth, Main Street, 1911, Thomas Roberts
Originally The Gothenburg, it is Armadale's most distinctive landmark, designed for the Armadale Public House Society (dedicated to curbing alcoholic excess), based on the Swedish improved-pub model. Stained-glass windows and extensive columned interior added, 1924, by Peddie & Kinnear, followed by a curiously leaning stone clock tower (not unlike that of a Scottish tolbooth) with an arcaded ground floor and louvred octagonal cap in late art nouveau. It was erected in memory of Malcolm Mallace, President of the Society.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk