Basic Site Details Name: | Coliseum Theatre | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | A new theatre is to be erected with seating for nearly 4,000. [British Architect 18 December 1903 p465]
GLASGOW - Dean of Guild Court has approved the plans for the internal alterations to the Coliseum in Eglinton-street which is owned by the Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres Limited, controlled by Associated British Cinemas Limited, whose architect is Mr W R Glen, Heddon House, Regent-street, W1
Removed from HS list May 2011 | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Coliseum Picture House | | |  | Theatre of Varieties | | As at 1903 |
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 |  | 79-85, Eglinton Street | Yes | Peter gives no 97 |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | c. 1903 | 1905 | Construction | |  | 18 December 1905 | | | Opened |  | 1922 | 1924 | | Alterations |  | 1925 | | Alteration/conversion | Minor alterations when acquired for Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres for use as a cinema in March 1925. |  | 1931 | | Alteration/conversion | Interior remodelled. |  | 1963 | | | Interior demolished for Cinerama |
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 |  | Frank Matcham | Architect | | c. 1903 | 1905 | |  | Stanley Wayman Milburn | Architect | A | 1922 | 1924 | Alterations |  | Thomas Ridley Milburn | Architect | A | 1922 | 1924 | Alterations |  | W & T R Milburn | Architectural practice | A | 1922 | 1924 | Alterations |  | William Milburn | Architect | A | 1922 | 1924 | Alterations |  | William Milburn (junior) | Architect | A | 1922 | 1924 | Alterations |  | Albert Victor Gardner | Architect | D | 1925 | | Minor alterations when acquired for Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres for use as a cinema in March 1925. |  | Gardner & Glen | Architectural practice | D | 1925 | | Minor alterations when acquired for Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres for use as a cinema in March 1925. |  | William Riddell Glen | Architect | D | 1925 | | Minor alterations when acquired for Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres for use as a cinema in March 1925. |  | William Riddell Glen | Architect | C | 1931 | | Interior remodelled as a cinema |  | Leslie C Norton | Architect | E | 1963 | | Rebuilding as Cinerama |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Moss Empires | |  | Scottish Cinema and Variety Theatres | Client in 1925 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Hay, M | 1980 | Glasgow Theatre and Music Halls: a Guide | | | p29 |  | Louden, T | 1983 | The Cinemas of Cinema City | | | p12-15 |  | Peter, Bruce | 1996 | 100 Years of Glasgow's Amazing Cinemas | | Edinburgh: Polygon | |  | 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) | pp122-125 |  | Smith, Graeme | 2008 | The Theatre Royal: entertaining a Nation | | Glasgow Publications | |  | Walker, Brian | | Frank Matcham Theatre Architect | | | pp148-149, 158 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | British Architect | 18 December 1903 | | | p465
|  | Builder | 24 April 1931 | | | p772 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Chris Doak | Information via website | | Sent Aug 2007 |  | Courtesy of Graeme Smith | Information via website (from Graeme Smith) | | Sent February 2009 |  | Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | | Sent June 2009 |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33507 | Deleted from list May 2011 |  | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 2/389, 2/1330 (Plans 1904 and 1905) |  | Tyne & Weir Archive | Milburn Papers DT.TRM | | DT.TRM/1/100-106 |
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