Basic Site Details Name: | Theatre Royal | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Theatre Royal Dunlop Street First opened in 1782 for lessee John Jackson; architect/builder may have been William Craig & Son who created their yard next to the new building at the corner of the newly opened Jackson Street linking Dunlop and Stockwell Streets. Its final lessee was Edmund Glover from 1852 and who later bought the property. Fire destroyed it in January 1863 but it was rebuilt that year, in larger volume, for his widow Mrs Edmund Glover to the designs of Joseph Potts of the prolific architects and surveyors Joseph Potts & Sons, John Street, Sunderland (who had designed the Theatre Royal Greenock for Edmund Glover in 1858.) Building details can be seen in the Glasgow Herald 6th November 1863 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=18631106&id=CDJEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j7EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4714,3186267
It was sold in 1869 to the railway companies and it and surrounding streets demolished to make way for railway lines crossing the Clyde to St Enoch Square.
| Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Dunlop Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1840 | | | | | 31 January 1863 | | | Theatre burnt down. Rebuilt that year to Spence's original design. | | 1869 | | Destruction/demolition | |
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 | | William Spence | | | 1840 | | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Alexander, J H | | | Edmund Glover Trust | Client for 1863 rebuiding |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | 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) | p66-7 |
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