Palace Theater (Kilmarnock)
The Palace Theater is a theater building in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in the East Ayrshire council area . In 1980 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The building was originally built as a market hall for the grain trade. Construction based on a design by Scottish architect James Ingram began in 1862 and was completed the following year. The total cost was around £ 6,600, of which £ 6,000 came from business and £ 600 from public funds. The latter were officially used to build the tower, which is to commemorate the death of Prince Consort Albert . Ingram's son Robert added a few extensions in 1886, including a library and reading room on the upper floor. In 1947 the building was converted into a community hall. The architect Gabriel Steel directed the work. The conversion to the Palace Theater took place in the 1980s.
description
Ingram designed an Italianate style building . The sandstone building is at the intersection of Green Street and London Road in central Kilmarnock. The building is 13 axes along Green Street. All openings of the two-story building are designed with round arches , which are significantly flatter on the ground floor than on the upper floor, where they are designed with keystones . Pilasters flank the windows on the upper floor, which is visually separated by a cornice . On the ground floor there is also a ribbon made of embossed sandstone . A balustrade adorns the concluding hipped roof .
The four-story Albert Tower rises from the northwest corner. The octagonal tower is stylistically consistent with the rest of the building architecture and is also designed with cornices and arched windows. Massive corbels support the balcony on the first floor. The keystones of the three windows there show the Prince Consort Albert in the middle, Lord Clyde on the left and Sir James Shaw on the right. The otherwise unadorned third floor showing the arms of the Burghs Kilmarnock. The building is nine axes wide along London Road and is stylistically adapted to the rest of the building. Various round arches on the ground floor are blind. On the left is the eight-axis extension by Robert Ingram from 1886.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Palace Theater in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 36 '34.8 " N , 4 ° 29" 39.7 " W.