Tain Picture House (old Town Hall)

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Title

Tain Picture House (old Town Hall)

Description

The French Renaissance style former Town Hall by Andrew Maitland and Sons, 1874-76 was converted for use as Picture house/Cinema in the 1920s. The building features painted portraits on the walls and has interesting panelling.

Tain Heritage Trust, a local charitable group set up to restore old community buildings in Tain have secured funding to carry out essential repairs to make the former Town Hall wind and water tight. The group are now working on raising the major capital funding to enable the building to be restored to its former glory.

Source

highlandblackislerosscromarty

Date

1874-76

Type

Museum

Identifier

2667

Spatial Coverage

current,57.81252,-4.055757;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

Tower Street

Place

Tain

IsNewThisYear

No

ArchitectName

Andrew Maitland and Sons

OpeningDate1

19/9/2009

OpeningTime1

10.00-16.00

Activities

Image (c) www.scran.ac.uk

WC

No

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

11204

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

IV19 1DY

Citation

“Tain Picture House (old Town Hall),” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/2666.

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