Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock.      Architectural Information.    Listed Category "A" July 1980.

South West corner of the Theatre and Grand Hall from the Regent Street Car Park
Photograph February  2010

Palace Theatre from Green Street (North West Facade)
Photograph February 2010

North West Facade and the Albert Tower
Photograph February 2010

Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock

Formerly the Corn Exchange, built to designs by James Ingram in 1862-3 and extended by his son Robert Ingram in 1886. A robust two storey Victorian classical exterior with a tall, 4-stage, campanile over the entrance. Converted to a variety theatre with a fully equipped stage in 1903. The theatre auditorium is long and narrow.  The interior is  modern and comfortable but of little note.

Description

A Red sandstone 2-storey building in the Italianate style, formerly the Corn Exchange Building.

13-bay elevation to Green Street; 9-bay elevation with later extension to London Road.

The highly decorative, tall Albert Tower at the angle. Banded rustication to ground floor; band course at 1st floor; regular fenestration of round-arched windows with keystones at 1st floor; bracketed cornice; panelled balustrade; urns surmounting central sections.


Photographs: 18 February 2010
©M.Bailey


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