Britannia Music Hall, Category A listed music hall in Trongate, Glasgow, Scotland
Britannia Music Hall is a four-story Italianate structure on Trongate featuring a wooden interior with multiple levels designed to accommodate audiences. The layout included several sections distributed across the floors to serve different types of entertainment performances.
The hall was designed by architects Thomas Gildard and Robert Hutchison Murdoch Macfarlane in 1857 and operated continuously until closing in 1938. It became an important venue for public entertainment throughout nearly a century of Glasgow's cultural life.
The venue served as a space for diverse entertainment forms, from live music to early film screenings, drawing audiences throughout its operating years. Different types of performances shaped how people in the city experienced entertainment and popular culture.
Access to the venue requires climbing two flights of stairs since no elevator is available in the building. Visitors should be aware that this is a historic structure with its original layout preserved.
The building once housed an indoor zoo in its basement under manager A.E. Pickard's care, featuring exotic animals including a Himalayan bear. This unusual combination of theatre and animal attractions was a distinctive curiosity of that era.
Location: Glasgow City
Location: Glasgow
Architects: Robert Hutchison Murdoch Macfarlane, Thomas Gildard
Official opening: 1857
Address: 109-121 Trongate & 9 New Wynd, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G1 5HD, Scotland
Website: https://britanniapanopticon.org
GPS coordinates: 55.85696,-4.24702
Latest update: December 9, 2025 18:46
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