Basic Site Details Name: | Alhambra Theatre | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Built on the site of the old Waterloo Rooms at the junction of Wellington and Waterloo Streets, and opened in December 1910. " A conspicuous building, surmounted by two towers."
Builder: George Leslie Allen, of The Allen Construction Company, West Regent Street. Allen was a trained structural engineer and had a hand in the design of the structure.
The Alhambra Theatre is to be reconstructed and enlarged. Messrs Burnet Son and Dick of St Vincent-street have prepared plans. [Builder 15 July 1927, p112?]
| 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 | | Waterloo Street | Yes | | | 43, Wellington Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1909 | 1910 | | | | November 1909 | | | Prospectus issued | | 19 November 1910 | | Opened | | | 1914 | 1915 | | Further work | | 1920 | 1922 | | Further work | | 1927 | 1928 | Addition | Western addition | | 1963 | | Reconstruction | Internal reconstruction including the Starlight Room. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Glasgow Alhambra Ltd | Alfred Butt, impressario; Ernest Polden, printer; John P Kinghorn, iron broker; John Rowan, stockbroker; John Fisher, warehouse merchant; James Ferguson, shopbuilder and 800 others. | | Howard & Wyndham Ltd | Client for 1963 alterations. |
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) | p126 | | Smith, Graeme | 2008 | The Theatre Royal: entertaining a Nation | | Glasgow Publications | | | Smith, Graeme | 2011 | Alhambra, Glasgow | | | Burnet's drawings illustrated p20. 1927-28 addition p61 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building Industries | 16 March 1910 | | | | | Building News | 23 December 1910 | | | opening | | RIBA Journal | 18 July 1938 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
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 2009 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Weddell and Thomson Archive Summary Material (Handlists, Job lists etc) | | Handlist -4 sheets drawings (roll 34) | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William John Blain: L v16 no1128; William Moncrieff Ferguson Junior: L v24 no1914 |
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