Waverley Cinema

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The Waverley Cinema is a former cinema building in the Scottish city ​​of Glasgow . In 1992 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

Planning for the building began in 1918. It was finally completed in 1922. The Scottish architects Watson, Salmond & Gray provided the design . The Waverley Cinema is one of the earliest buildings in Scotland built solely for this purpose. The opening was celebrated on December 22, 1922. In 1936 the cinema was redesigned. The ABC Corporation entrusted George Urie Scott with the planning. In 1964 the theater was renamed ABC before it was closed in 1973. In the following time the building first housed a bingo hall, then a snooker club. After it became vacant in 2002, it was converted into a restaurant.

description

The building is on Moss-Side Road in the southern Shawlands district of Glasgow . Shawlands Academy is across the street . The design of the one-story building can be assigned to early neoclassicism and borrowed from the classicist architecture of the late 17th century. The south-facing front facade is seven axes wide. To the right is the entrance area on the rounded edge of the building at the junction with Frankfort Street . It is designed with Egyptian columns. The part of the building closes with a metal dome. The windows of the five-axis facade along Frankfort Street close with simple cornices . Ornate round windows can be found on the upper floor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  3. ↑ Entry on Waverley Cinema  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 49 ′ 52.2 "  N , 4 ° 16 ′ 54.4"  W.