Alternative Names Royal Colosseum; Palace Theatre; 282 Hope Street; Cowcaddens Road
Site type THEATRE
Canmore ID 44067
Site Number NS56NE 154
NGR NS 58905 65981
Council GLASGOW, CITY OF
Parish GLASGOW (CITY OF GLASGOW)
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District CITY OF GLASGOW
Former County LANARKSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS56NE 154 58905 65981

Theatre Royal
(Television Studios) [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2010.

See also NS56NE 133 (Scottish Television studios).

Architectural Notes

ARCHITECT: George Bell 1867
C J Phipps 1895 (interior)
Inglis Collection photographs to be added to Collection list
(Undated) information in NMRS.

Built as James Baylis's Royal Colosseum. Originally entered through arcade from Cowcaddens.
Now home of Scottish Opera. New foyer by Derek Sugden, Arup Associates 1974-5.
C McKean, D Walker and F A Walker 1989.

Mann, W (1975) '[Theatre Royal, Glasgow]', Architects J 22 October 1975
Held at RCAHMS D.12.41.THE.P

McKean, Walker and Walker, C, D and F (1989) Central Glasgow: an illustrated architectural guide, Edinburgh
Page(s): 103, 110-11 Held at RCAHMS Quick

The Herald (1997) A dramatic act of restoration [Glasgow, Hope Street, Theatre Royal, newscutting], The Herald 15 September 1997
Held at RCAHMS St Gl.N