Basic Site Details | Name: | Rhul Cinema | | Town, district or village: | Burnside, Rutherglen | | City or county: | Lanarkshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | Demolished | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | Cost £1,700. Seating capacity over 2000 and tea rooms etc.
Sold to ABC four years after completion.
RUTHERGLEN - Plans are being prepared for a new picture house at Burnside, Rutherglen. The architect is Mr Neil Duff. 187 West George Street Glasgow.[Builder 24 April 1931 Page 772]
RUTHERGLEN - At a meeting of the Rutherglen Dean of Guild Court the following application was granted: Burnside Picture House to be erected on the east side of Stonelaw-road to the south of the existing house known as “The Towers” which is presently used by the Burnside Masonic Lodge. Accommodation will be provided for about 760 persons on the ground floor and 504 in the gallery. The cost will be about £15,500. [Builder 28 August 1931 Page 356]
RUTHERGLEN - A contract for the erection of the “Rhul Cinema” on a site at Burnside to plans by Mr Neil Duff 187 West George-street Glasgow, has gone to Messrs Cowieson’s Limited, 3 Charles-street Glasgow. [Builder 6 November 1931 Page 762}
| 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 | | Rhul Cinema, Stonelaw Road | Yes | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1932 | | | |
PeopleDesign 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 | | F D Cowieson & Co ( later Cowiesons Ltd) | | B | 1931 | 1932 | | | Neil Campbell Duff | | | 1932 | | |
Clients| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | | Name | Notes | | Burnside Picture House Company Ltd | | | Duff, Neil Campbell | for himself. This may be an error |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The 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 | p84 |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1931 | Jan-Jun | | p59 | | Builder | 18 April 1930 | | | p778 | | Builder | 24 April 1931 | | | p772 | | Builder | 28 August 1931 | | | p356 | | Builder | 6 November 1931 | | | p762 |
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 |
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