Basic Site Details
| Name: | Hengler's Grand Cirque |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
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| Notes: | The lease for this building expired in May 1900 and Circus then abandoned. Hengler then opened his show at the Hippodrome in Sauchiehall Street. See separate entry for this under Hippodrome. The Waterloo Street building was then demolished and Waterloo Street Post Office built on the site. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Hengler's Circus | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Circus | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Waterloo Street | Yes | Given as Wellington Street in Bruce Peter. |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 9 November 1885 | 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 | |
| Frank Matcham | 1885 | ||||
References
Bibliographic References
| The 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) | p132 | |
| Smith, Graeme | 2008 | The Theatre Royal: entertaining a Nation | Glasgow Publications | ||