King's (Kirkcaldy)

• Theatre ID
  2344
• Built / Converted
  1904
• Dates of use
  • 1904 - 1916
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  dark
• Address
  High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Details

Ashlar sandstone street front and end wall only survive from 1904 building with entrance through a rusticated arch (now over clad) between shop units and two floors of flats above. Projecting corner turret with dome. The interior was once similar to Swanston’s magnificent King’s in Edinburgh and was gutted in 1937 to be rebuilt in streamlined cinema mode (now three cinemas). Fragments are said to survive above modern ceilings. Cinema used ceased prior to Christmas 2000 and the building is currently dark.

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• Other names
  King’s Theatre, Opera House, Regal, ABC, Later: Cannon, MGM, ABC
• Events
  • 1904 - 1916 Use:
  • 1904 Design/Construction:
    • J D Swanston & William Williamson - Architect
  • 1937 Alteration: rebuilt as cinema
    • Charles J McNair - Architect
  • 1904 Owner/Management: R C Buchanan
  • 1908 Owner/Management: E H Bostock
  • 1928 Owner/Management: Scottish Cinema & Variety Theatres
• Capacities
  • Original: 2000
• Listings
  • Grade B - façade only