Edinburgh, 34 - 42 South Clerk Street, Southern Literary Institute
Chapel (20th Century), Cinema (20th Century), Mission Hall (20th Century), Shop(S) (20th Century), Tenement (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 34 - 42 South Clerk Street, Southern Literary Institute
Classification Chapel (20th Century), Cinema (20th Century), Mission Hall (20th Century), Shop(S) (20th Century), Tenement (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Livingstone Hall Methodist Chapel; Salisbury Cinema
Canmore ID 87484
Site Number NT27SE 590
NGR NT 26342 72547
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87484
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 1644 26342 72547
Architect: Robert Paterson 1871
Designed by Robert Paterson in 1871.
J Gifford, C McWilliam and D Walker 1984
The Souther Literary Institute was a Methodist Chapel from 1901-1930
Formerly the Livingston Mission Hall, it opened as a cinema in 1925. Closed by fires in 1939 and 1943, the cinema probably never reopened. The building was then utilised as a furniture store.
B Thomas 1984
