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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » Scotland » Glasgow, Lanarkshire » ABC Shawlands
Also known as Waverley Picture House

ABC Shawlands

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
18 Moss Side Road, Shawlands Cross
, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom G41 3TN
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Neo-Classical
Function: Bar, Nightclub, Restaurant
Seats: 1320
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Watson, Salmond & Gray
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Located on the south side of Glasgow in the district of Shawlands Cross, the Waverley Picture House opened on 25th December 1922 by Shawlands Picture House Ltd. The building has a red sandstone exterior, with a corner entrance that is topped by a dome. Inside the auditorium, there is a barrel roof ceiling and columns along the walls. There was a tea-room which was very popular in the early years. It 1928 a Christie 2Manual theatre organ was fitted.

It was taken over by Associated British Cinemas(ABC) from September 1929. The Christie theatre organ was removed from the building in 1953. The Waverley Picture House was re-named ABC in 1964. The ABC was closed on 31st March 1973. It was converted into a bingo club and then from 1982 it became a snooker club which continued until the late 1990's. The building then stood derelict until 2002 when it was sold to the GI Group for conversion into a mixed use bar/nightclub/restaurant which opened as 'Tusk'.

On 17th June 1992, Historic Scotland designated the ABC a Grade B Listed building. On 25th November 1993, the exterior of the building was upgraded to a Grade A Listed building.
Contributed by Ken Roe

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Two recent (2007) views of the building:
http://flickr.com/photos/emmamykytyn/132794789/
http://flickr.com/photos/emmamykytyn/132794788/
posted by KenRoe on Feb 7, 2008 at 8:13am
More photos can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Feb 7, 2008 at 5:26pm
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