Dundee, Broughty Ferry, 51 Queen Street, Drill Hall
Cinema (20th Century), Drill Hall (19th Century), Drill Hall (First World War)
Site Name Dundee, Broughty Ferry, 51 Queen Street, Drill Hall
Classification Cinema (20th Century), Drill Hall (19th Century), Drill Hall (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Regal Cinema; Kingsway Bingo
Canmore ID 234404
Site Number NO43SE 408
NGR NO 45928 31122
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/234404
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
The building is marked as a drill hall on the 2nd and 3rd epoch OS 1:2500 maps of the town (surveyed 1901 and 1921) and therefore seems to have been in military use during the First World War. The hall is not included in Osborne's list of UK drill halls.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 1 October 2013.
Single storey rectangular hall, c. 1870. Possibly built as the hall for the 1st Forfarshire Artilliary Volunteers.
Converted to cinema c.1936 with the addition of a balcony, apparently using decorative elements from the yacht of Kaiser William III, The Homeric latterly a cruise ship.
Currently a car show room.
RCAHMS 2010.
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
Change Of Classification (1 October 2013)
Change of classification from Public Hall to Drill hall.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 1 October 2013.
