Basic Biographical Details

Name:	William Beresford Inglis
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Bio Notes:	William Beresford Inglis appears to have belonged to Hamilton: he studied at Glasgow School of Art as William Inglis from 1903-05 and commenced practice about 1908-09 at what must have been an early age. He was a cinema specialist and owner of cinemas, hotels etc in Glasgow and the west of Scotland. He also designed various public houses, houses and industrial buildings. In 1932 Inglis merged his practice with that of James Wilkie Weddell, the newly formed partnership being based at 216 Bath Street which Inglis had occupied since 1926. At the time of the merger, Inglis was the owner of the North British Theatres Ltd, formed to build the Andalusian atmospheric Boulevard Cinema in Knightswood. Inglis ran it himself and booked his own films. Immediately after the formation of the partnership Inglis promoted a second company, the Toledo Picture House Company, to build another atmospheric cinema at Muirend. This company ran into financial difficulties and was sold to ABC a year later. Shortly thereafter, ____ Taylor was very briefly a partner, the practice becoming Weddell, Inglis & Taylor. In 1937 Inglis promoted Glasgow Hotels Ltd, of which he was managing director, to build the £180,435 Beresford Hotel on Sauchiehall Street, the immediate commercial objective being to accommodate visitors to the Glasgow Empire Exhibition of 1938. To help finance it North British Theatres and the Boulevard was sold to Singleton Cinemas Ltd. George Singleton found Inglis 'curious' and recorded that 'he found cinemas too stressful' complaining of 'film renters, booking agents and problems with staff'. The Beresford Hotel proved to be a greater drain on his time and it was a welcome relief when it was requisitioned during the Second World War.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	102, Portland Place , Hamilton	Private(?)	1903
	Fullwood, Bent Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland	Private	1905	1908
	The Bungalow, Thora Drive, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland	Private	1908	1925
	261, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1909	1926
	32, Granby Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland	Private	1925	1926
	216, Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1926	c. 1932
	Whitethorns, Whittinghame Drive, Glasgow, Scotland	Private	1926	1933
	Redholm, Westerton, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland	Private	1933	1938
	2, Knightscliffe Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1934	1935	Office of Weddell & Inglis
	2, Kinghtscliffe Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1937	1938	In Inglis' name only

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Weddell & Inglis	1932	c. 1942(?)	Partner
	Weddell, Inglis & Taylor	c. 1935	c. 1935(?)	Partner

Employees or Pupils

The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Robert Harkness Wallace	Early 1915	Late 1915	Apprentice
	John Easton	1919	1923	Assistant
	Charles Findlater Reid	1 June 1930		Chief Assistant

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
	Date started	Building name	Town, district or village	Island	City or county	Country	Notes
	1903	Working Class Housing Scheme.(Architectural Competition)	Hamilton				Awarded second premium
	1913	Artisans' Hotel	Inverkeithing		Fife	Scotland
	1920	Imperial Cinema	Govan		Glasgow	Scotland
	c. 1920	The Ritz Cinema	Cambuslang		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	1921	Hippodrome Cinema	Oatlands		Glasgow	Scotland
	1928	Boulevard Cinema	Knightswood		Glasgow	Scotland
	1929	University of Glasgow Students Union			Glasgow	Scotland	Competition design - not successful
	1930s(?)	Boundary Bar	Springburn		Glasgow	Scotland
	1930	Arcadia Cinema	Bridgeton		Glasgow	Scotland
	1932	Toledo Cinema, Muirend	Cathcart		Glasgow	Scotland
	1933	Ferrari's Restaurant			Glasgow	Scotland
	1933	St Charles RC School			Glasgow	Scotland	Working with William McCaig, architect to the Glasgow Education Department
	1933	St Cuthbert's Primary School	Possilpark		Glasgow	Scotland
	1935	House for Dr J Stuart Ross	Bearsden		Glasgow	Scotland
	1935	Rogano's Oyster Bar			Glasgow	Scotland
	1936	Locomotive Factory	Anniesland		Glasgow	Scotland
	1937	Beresford Hotel			Glasgow	Scotland	Inglis was the Managing Director, designer and owner
	c. 193	Houses, Whitecraigs			Glasgow	Scotland

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	McKean, Charles	1987	The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction		Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press	p195
	Peter, Bruce	1996	100 Years of Glasgow's Amazing Cinemas		Edinburgh: Polygon
	RIBA	1930	The RIBA Kalendar 1930-1931		London: Royal Institute of British Architects

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	32252
	Professor David M Walker personal archive	Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material		Personal information from the late Alfred G Lochhead