Basic Site Details Name: | Tudor Cinema | Town, district or village: | Giffnock | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Called a 'super cinema' in Architect & Building News.
The Crescent Cinema Company Limited is to erect a cinema with accommodation for 2,000 persons, dance hall, restaurant etc in Kilmarnock Road Giffnock. Plans are being prepared by Messrs Lennox and MacMath F/FRIBA 103 Bath Street, Glasgow. No contracts have been placed. [Builder 21 February 1936 Page 417]
| 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 | | Fenwick Road | Yes | | | Kilmarnock Road | | Given in 'Builder' |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | December 1936 | | | Cinema opened |
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 | | Daniel Walter MacMath | | A | 1936 | | | | Gavin Lennox | | A | 1936 | | | | Lennox & MacMath | | A | 1936 | | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Crescent Cinema Company | Bernard Frutin's company | | Frutin, Bernard | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Peter, Bruce | 1996 | 100 Years of Glasgow's Amazing Cinemas | | Edinburgh: Polygon | p189 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1936 | Jan-Jun | | p319 | | Builder | 21 February 1936 | | | p417 |
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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