Basic Site Details
| Name: | Regal Cinema |
| Town, district or village: | Dumfries |
| City or county: | Dumfriesshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Dumfries Dean of Guild Court has passed plans for a new talkie theatre at Dumfries to seat 1,700 persons and to cost £17,000. The new thetare will be at the junction of English-street and Shakespeare-street [Builder 31 October 1930 p755] The architects for the new super-ciema in English-street Dumfries are Messra Gordon & Scrymgeour 39 High Street Dundee [Builder 7 November 1930 page 802] The contract for masonry work at the cinema in English-street has been awarded to A Mictchell & Sons, Cathcart, Glasgow. Mr Charles McNair 112 Bath-street, Glasgow is the architect [Builder 20 February 1931 page 378] |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | ABC Cinema | ||
| Odeon Cinema | Yes | |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Cinema | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| English Street | ||
| Shakespeare Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1931 | |||
| April 1931 | Opened | ||
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 | |
| John Ramsay Gordon | B | 1930 | Named as architect in 1930 | ||
| Robert Aikenhead Scrymgeour | B | 1930 | Named as architect in 1930 | ||
| Gordon & Scrymgeour | B | November 1930 | Named as architects for cinema | ||
| Charles James McNair | A | 1931 | Names as architect in 1931 | ||
| Robert Walter Elder | A | 1931 | As assistant to Charles James McNair | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| ABC | |
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 | Database accessed February 2006 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect and Building News | 1931 | Jan-June | p291 | |
| Builder | 7 November 1930 | p802 | ||
| Builder | 20 February 1931 | p378 | ||
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 | |
| DMW Archive | Research notes for 'Scottish Thirties' by Charles McKean | ||