Hippodrome (Airdrie)

• Theatre ID
  2367
• Built / Converted
  1856
• Dates of use
  • 1908 - 1929
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Bingo (Bingo and amusement arcade)
• Address
  8-10 Hallcraig Street, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Details

Built as a corn exchange and market, converted to theatre/cinema use in 1908. Harled gushet building of two storeys, entrance signified by diapered pilasters rising to support a central pediment with the town crest grandly aloft, flanked by chimneys. A most attractive piece of Scots borough architecture by a respected and prolific local architect. The interior has been altered many times, most recently for bingo.

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• Other names
  Corn Exchange Hall, Hippodrome Theatre, Rialto cinema, Rialto Bingo
• Events
  • 1908 - 1929 Use:
  • 1856 Design/Construction:
    • James Thomson - Architect
  • 1908 Owner/Management: Airdrie Hippodrome Company
  • 1929 Owner/Management: John McKenzie
  • 1949 Owner/Management: Alex Frutin (of the Metropole Theatre, Glasgow)
• Capacities
  • Original: c.1000
• Listings
  • Grade C(s) - 21.3.2002 Listed (as Airdrie Market) for façade of former corn exchange, rather than for its theatrical associations