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Edinburgh, 30 Dean Street, Calton House
Church (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 30 Dean Street, Calton House
Classification Church (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Elim Tabernacle; Secession Church; The National Trust For Scotland; United Free Church; United Presbyterian Church
Canmore ID 120815
Site Number NT27SW 758
NGR NT 24464 74570
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120815
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 758 24464 74570
NT27SW 4127 24483 74579 24 (26) Dean Street, Calton House (St Bernard's School)
NT27SW 4128 24476 74575 26-28 Dean Street, Calton House (St Bernard's School)
Numbers 24-30 Dean Street were originally the United Presbyterian Church and a Mission Hall (1st and 2nd editions of the OS 25-inch maps, Edinburghshire, 1851 and 1890). The Mission Hall (no.24) became St Bernard's Mission Hall (St Bernard's Church Hall) sometime in the 1880s and survived under this name until the 1960s (Post Office Directories). At some time just after the First World War the church (no.30) was combined with no.26 to form the Pavilion Picture House which was then renamed the Dean Picture House during the 1920s. The building closed as a cinema in 1936. The Mission Hall for the United Presbyterian Church was located at no.31 on the opposite side of the street..
Since closing as a cinema the buildings have seen a variety of uses mostly as a store.
Information from Stockbridge News, March 2003, RCAHMS (DE), March 2003
