Basic Site Details Name: | Cranston's Picture House and Tea Rooms, Renfield Street | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | A second cinema, the News Theatre opened 1954; a third (Tatler Cinema Club) also opened in 1969.
Cranston’s Picture House, Renfield -street, has been acquired by Messrs Harry and Claude Winocour, 108 Regent-street, Glasgow. Extensive alterations are being considered. [Builder 22 November 1935 Page 946]
Plans are in hand for an extensive scheme of reconstruction at (not readable) cinema at Renfield Street for which Messrs John McKissack and Son 68 West Regent Street Glasgow are the architects. [Builder 29 November 1935 Page 984]
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Classic | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Cinema | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 13-17, Renfield Street | Yes | Odd nos. |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1897 | 1898 | | Original building | | 1914 | 1916 | | Rebuilt as 13-17 Renfield Street | | 22 May 1916 | | Opened | | | 1935 | | | Interior reconstructed | | c. 1982 | | Damage | Fire | | c. 1989 * | | Reconstruction | Refurbishment, including new glass dome |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | | Colin Menzies | | C | 1897 | | Original building | | David Thomson | | C | 1897 | | Original building - may not have been involved as in 1897 he retired | | Thomson & Menzies | | C | 1897 | | Original building | | James Miller | | A | 1914 | 1916 | With John Ednie - rebuilding as 13-17 Renfield Street. Also with Richard Gunn as assistant | | John Ednie | | A | 1914 | 1916 | Tearoom in Louis XVI style with Miller - rebuilding as 13-17 Renfield Street | | Richard McLeod Morrison Gunn | | A | 1914 | 1916 | Possibly involved, as assistant to James Miller | | James McKissack | | B | 1935 | | Reconstruction, including alterations to rake of floor | | John McKissack & Son | | B | 1935 | | Reconstruction, including alterations to rake of floor | | William James Anderson II | | B | 1935 | | Reconstruction, including alterations to rake of floor | | Godfrey Dodgson Lodge | | | c. 1989 * | | Refurbishment, including new glass dome |
* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Cranston, Stuart - of Cranston's Tea Rooms Ltd | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Louden, T | 1983 | The Cinemas of Cinema City | | | p4, 9 | | Peter, Bruce | 1996 | 100 Years of Glasgow's Amazing Cinemas | | Edinburgh: Polygon | p178 | | RSA | 1916 | | | | 565 | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p231 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Journal | 29 November 1916 | | | opposite p 252 | | Architects Journal | 10 February 1993 | | | p11 | | Builder | 22 November 1935 | | | p946 | | Builder | 29 November 1935 | | | p984 | | Building Industries | 15 August 1914 | | | | | Glasgow Advertiser and Property Circular | 20 September 1898 | | | | | Scottish Country Life | December 1916 | | | p564 |
Archive ReferencesThe 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 | 33101 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Weddell and Thomson Archive Summary Material (Handlists, Job lists etc) | | Thomson & Menzies job list | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | Ref 1935/487 |
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