Basic Site Details Name: | Scotia Music Hall, tenement and shops | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Information from Frank Worsdall.
Built as the Scotia Hall, the first purpose built music hall in Glasgow
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Metropole | | Name changed to Metropole in 1898. (The Metropole name was then taken to the Empress/Falcon Theatre at St George`s Cross by Jimmy Logan) |  | Scotia Variety Theatre | | in 1874 |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Theatre | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Scotia Music Hall, Stockwell Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1862 | | Build/construction | Music Hall begun |  | 1863 | | Build/construction | Shops at front begun |  | 1874 | 1875 | | Rebuilding of Black's theatre, £15,000. Known then as the Scotia Variety Theatre, and tenement added in front. |  | 1893 | | | Alterations |  | 1898 | | | Rebuilding |  | October 1961 | | Destruction/demolition | Demolished after fire in October 1961. |  | 1962 | | Plans drawn up | For rebuilding - not executed. |
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 |  | Robert Black | Architect | B | 1863 | | |  | Campbell Douglas | Architect, Valuer | A | 1874 | 1875 | Rebuilding of Black's theatre, £15,000. Known then as the Scotia Variety Theatre, and tenement added in front. |  | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | Architectural practice | A | 1874 | 1875 | Rebuilding of Black's theatre, £15,000. Known then as the Scotia Variety Theatre, and tenement added in front. |  | James Sellars | Architect, Valuer | A | 1874 | 1875 | Rebuilding of Black's theatre, £15,000. Known then as the Scotia Variety Theatre, and tenement added in front. |  | Joseph Charlton Maxwell | Architect | C | 1898 | | Rebuilding - with William Hope |  | William Hope | Architect | C | 1898 | | Rebuilding - with Joseph Charlton Maxwell |  | Lennox Dundas Paterson | Architect | D | 1962 | | Plans to rebuild the theatre approved by Dean of Guild Court, unexecuted.
This would be for Alex Frutin who decided instead to buy the West End Playhouse/Empress at St George`s Cross, renaming it Metropole (and later sold to Jimmy Logan).
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ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Baylis Trust | From 1874 |  | Baylis, James | Client from 1862 for original building |  | Fruitin, Alexander | For 1962 rebuilding proposal. He decided instead to buy the West End Playhouse/Empress at St George`s Cross, renaming it Metropole (and later sold to Jimmy Logan). |  | Moss, H E, Thornton, Richard and Kirk, James | For 1893 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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) | p78 |  | Smith, Graeme | 2008 | The Theatre Royal: entertaining a Nation | | Glasgow Publications | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 24 January 1863 | XXI | | |  | Builder | 1 July 1893 | LXV | | p17 |  | Builder | 1 January 1898 | | | |  | Glasgow Herald | 26 July 1869 | | | Law report |  | Glasgow Herald | 17 February 2012 | | | page 16 , feature "From the Archives" (for 1962 proposals) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Courtesy of Graeme Smith | Information via website (from Graeme Smith) | | Sent February 2012 |
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