Basic Site Details | Name: | Cinema | | Town, district or village: | Grangemouth | | City or county: | Stirlingshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | The Dean of Guild Court has granted warrant to the Grangemouth Picture House Limited for a picture house in Lumley-street with seating accommodation for 1,450 people at £15,000. [Builder 28 July 1939 Page 170]
Work is to start at once on a new cinema at Lumley-street for Grangemouth Picture House Limited. The architect is Mr Alister G MacDonald FRIBA 7 Manor Place Edinburgh and the contractors are Messrs Robert Pert and Sons Limited, Lower Balmain-street, Montrose. Seating accommodation is for 1,450. [Builder 11 August 1939 Page 251]
Messrs Robert Pert and Son Limited, Montrose will carry out the building contract for a cinema to be erected in Lumley-street for the Grangemouth Picture House Limited. The architect is Mr Alister G MacDonald FRIBA 123 George Street Edinburgh [Builder 18 August 1939, page 292]
| 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 | | Lumley Street | Yes | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1939 | | | |
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 | | Alister Gladstone MacDonald (or Alistair Gladstone MacDonald) | | | 1939 | | |
Clients| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | | Name | Notes | | Grangemouth Picture House | |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this building: | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | McKean, Charles | 1987 | The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction | | Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | p195 |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1939 | Jul-Dec | | p198 | | Builder | 28 July 1939 | | | p170 | | Builder | 11 August 1939 | | | p251 | | Builder | 18 August 1939 | | | p292 |
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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