Govan Town Hall


Govan Town Hall is a municipal facility in Summertown Road, Govan, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building.

History

The building, which was designed by Thomson & Sandilands in the Beaux-Arts style, was built at a cost of £60,000. It was opened by the Provost of Govan, James Kirkwood, in 1901. Internal features included several portrait busts designed by Archibald Macfarlane Shannan.
The town hall was the headquarters of Govan Burgh Council until Glasgow annexed Govan, after a series of anti-amalgamation demonstrations, in 1912. The building was subsequently used by the social services department of Glasgow Corporation: a magnificent proscenium arch, which had also been designed by Shannon, was completely destroyed during a refurbishment of the building in 1973.
In the early 2000s, Gillian Berrie, a film producer, secured access to the building and raised £3.5 million to convert it into a film production facility known as Film City Glasgow. The works involved refurbishment of the upper hall, installation of a Dolby theatre and upgrading the front of the building for use by creative media businesses.