Basic Site Details
| Name: | Playhouse Cinema |
| Town, district or village: | Peebles |
| City or county: | Peeblesshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | C listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Messrs R Pert and Sons Limited, contractors, Montrose, have been successful in securing the contract for the erection of a new cinema in High-street, Peebles. The architect is Mr A G MacDonald ARIBA 13 Queen Anne’s Gate London SW1 [Builder 26 May 1933, p865] |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
 | 60, West High Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1932 | 1933 | ||
People
Design 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) | 1932 | 1933 | |||
| Leonard George Pargiter | A | 1932 | 1933 | As architect in charge in the Edinburgh office of Alister MacDonald | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p623 | |
| McKean, Charles | 1987 | The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction | Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | p195 | |
| www.scottishcinemas.org.uk | www.scottishcinemas.org.uk | Scottish Cinemas website and database | Database accessed February 2006 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect and Building News | 1933 | Jan-Jun | p235 | |
| Builder | 24 February 1933 | p355 | ||
| Builder | 26 May 1933 | p865 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 39206 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Pargiter: L no6486 (Combined Box 142); F no4784 (Combined Box 35) | |