Basic Site Details Name: | Cinema | Town, district or village: | Dunoon | City or county: | Argyll | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Bruce Peter ('Clyde Coast Picture Palaces', 2000) states that there were two cinemas in Dunoon - the Picture House (opened 1914) and La Scala (opened 1936), both in Argyle Street. The address and name of the Dunoon cinema on which Houston worked are unknown.
Perhaps not progressed.
Mr James Houston, 147 Bath-street, Glasgow is the architect for a cinema in Argyle-street for Mr James Hamilton. [Builder 18 November 1938 Page 995]
| Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Cinema | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Argyle Street | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1939 | | Proposed | |
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 | | James Houston | | | 1939 | | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | McKean, Charles | 1987 | The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction | | Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | p194 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1939 | Jan-Jun | | p206 | | Builder | 18 November 1938 | | | p995 |
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 |
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