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Latitude: 56.7149 / 56°42'53"N
Longitude: -2.4674 / 2°28'2"W
OS Eastings: 371488
OS Northings: 758235
OS Grid: NO714582
Mapcode National: GBR VY.F0YV
Mapcode Global: WH8RK.2HB3
Plus Code: 9C8VPG7M+X2
Entry Name: 61, 63, 65 Murray Street, Montrose
Listing Name: 61, 63 and 65 Murray Street
Listing Date: 30 March 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393466
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46233
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393466
Location: Montrose
County: Angus
Town: Montrose
Electoral Ward: Montrose and District
Traditional County: Angus
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Later 19th century with later additions. 2-storey, 3-bay former shop, theatre in irregular terrace. Sandstone ashlar to front with later shopfront at ground, squared and snecked to sides, drydash to rear. Band course above ground floor, 1st floor cill cornice, eaves band course.
W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: mid 20th century shopfront at ground; recessed entrance to centre; large flanking plate glass windows, polished granite panel surrounds. Theatre entrance to right; plain rectangular fanlight, 2-leaf semi-glazed doors. 1st floor; central tripartite window taking form of Serliana with cross-shaped openings above and flanking panelled pilasters. Bays flanking; architraved window with corniced and keystoned head. Decorated pilaster wall ends. Clock and steel name sign to right.
N ELEVATION: gable end adjoining 59 Murray Street.
S ELEVATION: gable end adjoining 67-71 Murray Street.
E ELEVATION: 2 blocked openings to right at ground, door to left, small door to extreme left. 4 windows at 1st floor, small window to extreme left.
Timber-framed windows, 4-pane glazing pattern and plate glass to front, leaded lights and stained glass to rear. Grey slate roof, stone skews, skewputts. Polychrome brick gablehead stacks.
INTERIOR: not seen 1998.
This later 19th Century building was converted in the 1930s (?) into the Rainbow Theatre. The Theatre namesign with clock remains attached to the front of the building above the theatre entrance. The conversion included the rear extension onto Kincardine Street.
Statutory address and list description updated as part of the Theatres Thematic Study, 2010.
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