Basic Site Details Name: | Dunfermline Opera House and Hippodrome | Town, district or village: | Dunfermline | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Demolished 1982; interior dismantled and re-erected as Asolo Centre for Performing Arts, Sarasota, Florida, opened 27 January 1990. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | ![Item 1 of 1](images/table_item.gif) | Theatre | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | ![Item 1 of 6](images/table_item.gif) | 1900 | | | Original building | ![Item 2 of 6](images/table_item.gif) | 11 August 1900 | | Plans approved | Approved by Dean of Guild Court | ![Item 3 of 6](images/table_item.gif) | 1913 | | | New interior within existing shell planned | ![Item 4 of 6](images/table_item.gif) | 1920 | 1921 | | New interior within existing shell executed | ![Item 5 of 6](images/table_item.gif) | 1982 | | Demolition | Building demolished, but interior dismantled and saved | ![Item 6 of 6](images/table_item.gif) | 27 January 1990 | | | Opening of Asolo Centre for Performing Arts, Sarasota, Florida, containing re-erected Swanston interior from Dunfermline Opera House |
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 | ![Item 1 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | Peter Roy Jackson | | | 1900 | | Original building | ![Item 2 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | John Daniel Swanston | | A | 1913 | 1921 | New interior within existing shell | ![Item 3 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | Swanston & Syme | | A | 1913 | 1921 | New interior within existing shell | ![Item 4 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | William Syme | | A | 1913 | 1921 | New interior within existing shell |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | ![Item 1 of 1](images/table_item.gif) | Hare, Henry | for 1920-21 interior scheme (Swanston & Syme) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | ![Item 1 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | King, Lilian | 1903 | That's Entertainment: 100 years of Dunfermline Opera | | | | ![Item 2 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | 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) | pp214-5 | ![Item 3 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | | ![Item 4 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | Who's Who in Architecture | 1923 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | ![Item 1 of 8](images/table_item.gif) | Architect | 5 July 1912 | LXXXVIII | | Supplement, p7-8 | ![Item 2 of 8](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | | CIII | | p120 | ![Item 3 of 8](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | 11 August 1900 | | | | ![Item 4 of 8](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | Early 1913 | CIV | | p21 | ![Item 5 of 8](images/table_item.gif) | Building News | | CIV | | p47 | ![Item 6 of 8](images/table_item.gif) | Building News | 5 July 1912 | 103 | | p xii - contracts open | ![Item 7 of 8](images/table_item.gif) | Fife Free Press | 2 February 1990 | | | Feature article on Swanston | ![Item 8 of 8](images/table_item.gif) | Scottish Georgian Society Bulletin | 1983 | 10 | | Plate 4 (illustration of interior) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | ![Item 1 of 1](images/table_item.gif) | Dunfermline Burgh Office | Dunfermline Dean of Guild | | |
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