Basic Site Details Name: | Astoria Cinema | Town, district or village: | Kittybrewster | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | ABERDEEN - Messrs Milne and Reid, solicitors, are acting for a client who proposes to erect a cinema at Kittybrewster on land belonging to the Corporation [Builder 30 March 1934, p567]
ABERDEEN - Mr Bert Darley, Poole’s Picture House, Aberdeen, is managing director of a company which proposes to erect a 2,000 capacity cinema, the “Astoria” at Kittybrewster.Plans will be prepared by Mr T Scott Sutherland FRIBA 10 Albyn Place, Aberdeen. [Builder 20 April 1934 Page 694]
ABERDEEN - Contracts placed for the Astoria Cinema as follows: Steelwork George Bisset and Sons, Aberdeen Brickwork James Scott and Sons, Aberdeen Mason work: Edgar Gauld and Company, Aberdeen Flat roof: William Briggs and Son, Dundee [Builder 15 June 1934, p1041]
| Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Cinema | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | December 1934 | | Opened | | | August 1966 | | | Closed down; used briefly as a bingo hall | | 1967 | | 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 | | T Scott Sutherland | | A | 1934 | | | | William Alexander Wood | | A | 1934 | | As an employee of T Scott Sutherland |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | | | www.scottishcinemas.org.uk | | www.scottishcinemas.org.uk | | Scottish Cinemas website and database | Database accessed February 2006 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 30 March 1934 | | | p567 | | Builder | 20 April 1934 | | | p694 | | Builder | 15 June 1934 | | | p1041 (contracts) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information re: William Alexander Wood from John Donald, son of Wood's later colleague John Hutcheon Donald |
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