Basic Site Details
| Name: | Regal Cinema |
| Town, district or village: | Shotts |
| City or county: | Lanarkshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | The Broxham Enterprises Limited have acquired a site for the erection of a cinema. The architect is Mr R McKay ARIBA 4 Melville-street, Edinburgh. [Builder 11 March 1938 Page 515] Messrs Hardie and Company Barnton, Midlothian, have secured the contract for the erection of a cinema for Broxburn Enterprises Limited. The architect is Mr J R MacKay, 4 Melville-street, Edinburgh. [Builder 2 December 1938 Page 1090] |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
 | Station Road | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1938 | |||
| 16 June 1939 | Opened | ||
| 1970s | Closed and demolished | ||
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 | |
| John Ross McKay | A | 1938 | |||
| Richardson & McKay | A | 1938 | McKay responsible | ||
| Gavin Paterson & Son | B | 1939 | May have acted as executant architect | ||
| Lennox Dundas Paterson | B | 1939 | May have acted as executant architect | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Broxburn Enterprises limited | Client given in Builder 1938 |
| Miller & Walker, Messrs | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Peter, Bruce | 1999 | Lanarkshire's Legendary Cinemas | Stenlake | p39 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 11 March 1938 | p515 | ||
| Builder | 2 December 1938 | p1090 | ||
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 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | Drawings DPM 1930/243/1-20 | |