Basic Site Details
| Name: | Tain Town Hall |
| Town, district or village: | Tain |
| City or county: | Ross and Cromarty |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | Tain |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | An offer by the Inverness Cinema Company to lease Tain Town Hall as a picture house for five years was accepted by the Town Council. The company will install talking picture apparatus and will re-seat the hall at a total cost of £1,700. [Builder 27 April 1934, p733] |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Town hall | ||
| Cinema | Converted for use as a cinema in the 1920s or 1930s | |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Tower Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1874 | Journal reference | ||
| 1903 | Journal reference | Andrew Carnegie opened Town Hall after interior inprovements | |
| 1934 | Alteration/conversion | Conversion to cinema | |
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 | |
| Andrew Maitland | A | 1874 | |||
| Andrew Maitland II | A | 1874 | Working in father's firm prior to partnership | ||
| James Maitland | A | 1874 | Working in father's firm prior to partnership | ||
| A Maitland & Sons | B | 1903 | Improvements | ||
| Andrew Gordon Maitland | B | 1903 | Improvements | ||
| James Maitland | B | 1903 | Improvements | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Carnegie, Andrew | Interior improvements of 1903 |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| www.scottishcinemas.org.uk | www.scottishcinemas.org.uk | Scottish Cinemas website and database | From HS list February 2008 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 27 April 1934 | p733 | ||
| Inverness Advertiser | 31 March 1874 | |||
| Inverness Advertiser | 20 January 1876 | |||
| Ross-shire Journal | 1903 | |||
Archive References
| The 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 | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 41918 | |