Basic Site Details
| Name: | Palace Cinema |
| Town, district or village: | Buckie |
| City or county: | Banffshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Mr Alister G MacDonald FRIBA 14 John Street Adelphi, WC2 and 123 George Street, Edinburgh has prepared plans for alterations to the Palace Cinema for the Highland Cinema Company. [Builder 22 October 1937 Page 754] Palace Cinema is to be reconstructed and enlarged to accommodate 1050 persons, a contract for the work having been placed with Messrs Robert Pert and Sons, Lower Balmin Street, Montrose. The architect is Mr Alister G MacDonald ARIBA 14 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. [Builder 10 December 1937 Page 1086] |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Playhouse Cinema | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Cinema | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1937 | Reconstruction | ||
| 14 October 1937 | Scheme accepted | Plans passed | |
| 22 December 1937 | Opened | Cinema re-opened - by Countess of Seafield | |
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) | 1937 | Reconstruction | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | Yale University Press | p491 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Banffshire Advertiser | 14 October 1937 | |||
| Banffshire Advertiser | 23 December 1937 | |||
| Builder | 22 October 1937 | p754 | ||
| Builder | 10 December 1937 | p1086 | ||
| Scotsman | 12 October 1937 | |||