Basic Site Details Name: | Scotia Music Hall, tenement and shops | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Information from Frank Worsdall.
Built as the Scotia Hall, the first purpose built music hall in Glasgow
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Metropole | | Name changed to Metropole in 1898. (The Metropole name was then taken to the Empress/Falcon Theatre at St George`s Cross by Jimmy Logan) | | Scotia Variety Theatre | | in 1874 |
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 | | Scotia Music Hall, Stockwell Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1862 | | Build/construction | Music Hall begun | | 1863 | | Build/construction | Shops at front begun | | 1874 | 1875 | | Rebuilding of Black's theatre, £15,000. Known then as the Scotia Variety Theatre, and tenement added in front. | | 1893 | | | Alterations | | 1898 | | | Rebuilding | | October 1961 | | Destruction/demolition | Demolished after fire in October 1961. | | 1962 | | Plans drawn up | For rebuilding - not executed. |
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 | | Robert Black | | B | 1863 | | | | Campbell Douglas | | A | 1874 | 1875 | Rebuilding of Black's theatre, £15,000. Known then as the Scotia Variety Theatre, and tenement added in front. | | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | | A | 1874 | 1875 | Rebuilding of Black's theatre, £15,000. Known then as the Scotia Variety Theatre, and tenement added in front. | | James Sellars | | A | 1874 | 1875 | Rebuilding of Black's theatre, £15,000. Known then as the Scotia Variety Theatre, and tenement added in front. | | Joseph Charlton Maxwell | | C | 1898 | | Rebuilding - with William Hope | | William Hope | | C | 1898 | | Rebuilding - with Joseph Charlton Maxwell | | Lennox Dundas Paterson | | D | 1962 | | Plans to rebuild the theatre approved by Dean of Guild Court, unexecuted.
This would be for Alex Frutin who decided instead to buy the West End Playhouse/Empress at St George`s Cross, renaming it Metropole (and later sold to Jimmy Logan).
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ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Baylis Trust | From 1874 | | Baylis, James | Client from 1862 for original building | | Fruitin, Alexander | For 1962 rebuilding proposal. He decided instead to buy the West End Playhouse/Empress at St George`s Cross, renaming it Metropole (and later sold to Jimmy Logan). | | Moss, H E, Thornton, Richard and Kirk, James | For 1893 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Peter, Bruce | 1999 | Scotland's Splendid Theatres: Architecture and Social History from the Reformation to the Present Day | | Edinburgh: Polygon (an imprint of Edinburgh University Press Ltd) | p78 | | Smith, Graeme | 2008 | The Theatre Royal: entertaining a Nation | | Glasgow Publications | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 24 January 1863 | XXI | | | | Builder | 1 July 1893 | LXV | | p17 | | Builder | 1 January 1898 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 26 July 1869 | | | Law report | | Glasgow Herald | 17 February 2012 | | | page 16 , feature "From the Archives" (for 1962 proposals) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Graeme Smith | Information via website (from Graeme Smith) | | Sent February 2012 |
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