Basic Site Details Name: | King's Theatre | Town, district or village: | Kilmarnock | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres Limited, 105 St Vincent-street, Glasgow ( a subsidiary company of Associated British Cinemas Limited of London) are to reconstruct the King’s Theatre, Titchfield-street to seat 1,900 persons. Plans are being prepared by Mr Charles J McNair, LRIBA, 112 Bath Street, Glasgow. [Builder 10 November 1933 Page 756]
The Scottish Construction Company Limited, 154 West Regent Street, Glasgow are builders for the reconstruction scheme which Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres Limited propose at the King’s Theatre to form a cinema. Mr Charles J McNair, LRIBA, 112 Bath Street, Glasgow has prepared the plans. Steelwork will be by Messrs Redpath Brown and Company, Glasgow. [Builder 15 December 1933 Page 965]
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | ABC Cinema | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Theatre | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Titchfield Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1 October 1904 | | | Date of opening | | 1905 | | | Design exhibited | | 1926 | | | Alterations to balcony | | 1933 | | Reconstruction | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Alexander Cullen | | A | 1903 | 1904 | Design exhibited 1905 | | James Lochhead | | A | 1904 | | Design exhibited 1905 | | William Brown | | A | 1904 | | Design exhibited 1905 | | Charles James McNair | | | 1926 | | Alterations to balcony | | Charles James McNair | | E | 1933 | | Reconstruction | | Thomas Shankland | | | 1936 | | Unsure where this came from - probably incorrect. Shankland involved with another cinema- in King street- in Kilmarnock. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1905 | | part 1 | | pp88-89 | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p450 | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p113 | | Peter, Bruce | 1996 | 100 Years of Glasgow's Amazing Cinemas | | Edinburgh: Polygon | p170 | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1905 | | | | 421 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 10 November 1933 | | | p756 | | Builder | 15 December 1933 | | | p965 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | | Sent June 2009 | | Dean Castle (Kilmarnock & Louden District Council, | Kilmarnock Dean of Guild Records | | Case 1000-1100, plan 1066 a & b, also case 2000-21000 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 48789 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Lochhead: F v20 no1453 (microfilm reel 13) |
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