Basic Site Details Name: | La Scala Cinema | Town, district or village: | Clydebank | City or county: | Dunbartonshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Mr G M Borland, 79 Virginia-street Glasgow and Mr A B King, 167 Bath-street Glasgow have submitted plans to the Dean of Guild Court for the erection of a cinema in Graham Avenue. [Builder 30 October 1936 Page 854]
Mr Lennox Paterson ARIBA 6 Cadzow-street, Hamilton has prepared plans for a cinema to be erected in Graham-avenue, Radnor, Park for Messrs A B King and G M Borland of Glasgow. [Builder 6 November 1936 Page 907]
Messrs A B King and G M Borland are to erect a cinema with seating accommodation for 2,500 people in Graham-avenue. The contract for the building work has been placed with Messrs Robert Loudon Limited, 224 Shawbridge-road, Glasgow. The architect is Mr Lennox D Paterson ARIBA 6 Cadzow-street, Hamilton. [Builder 12 March 1937 Page 597]
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | ABC Cinema | Yes | From 1959 |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Graham Avenue | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1936 | 1938 | | | | 14 February 1938 | | Opened | |
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 | | Gavin Paterson & Son | | A | 1936 | 1938 | | | Lennox Dundas Paterson | | A | 1936 | 1938 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | King's Caledon Pictures Ltd, A B | 167 Bath Street, Glasgow |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Peter, Bruce | 2000 | Clyde Coast Picture Palaces | | Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing | p5 | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1946 | | | | 735 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1936 | July-Dec | | p211 | | Builder | 30 October 1936 | | | p854 | | Builder | 6 November 1936 | | | p907 | | Builder | 12 March 1937 | | | p597 |
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 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | James Houston Collection | | MS/611/1 (see under 'Kilbirnie, the Radio cinema) | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Lennox Dundas Paterson: F no3525 (box 25) |
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