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Edinburgh, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 Lothian Road, Including Caley Cinema
Cinema (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 Lothian Road, Including Caley Cinema
Classification Cinema (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Century 2000; 33, 35 Lothian Road
Canmore ID 131117
Site Number NT27SW 1055
NGR NT 24777 73469
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/131117
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Built on site of County Hotel and Temperance Hotel
REFERENCE:
Plans:
23, 25 Lothian Road
Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh survey
Attic 2, Bin 33, Bag 2 A E Horsfield 1929
31, 33, 35 Lothian Road - alterations to form Picture House (Caley)
Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh alterations
J R MacKay 1922
Caley opened as a cinema in 1923. Now used solely as a public house and nightclub. Original stained glass window above the main door depicting the Scottish lion rampant (also the crest of the Caledonian Railway Company) survives.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2003
