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Edinburgh, 90 Dalry Road, Haymarket Cinema

Cinema (20th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 90 Dalry Road, Haymarket Cinema

Classification Cinema (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Scotia

Canmore ID 240349

Site Number NT27SW 4046

NGR NT 23945 72996

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/240349

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

Opened as Haymarket in 1912, became Scotia in 1946 closed 1964.

Activities

Standing Building Recording (28 November 2013 - 29 November 2013)

NT 23914 73003 A standing building survey was carried out, 28–29 November 2013, of a former Post Office building, picture house and garages located at West Park Place prior to their demolition (Numbers 4 and 4A) and renovation (Number 5).

The area was formerly part of the Easter Dalry Estate and consisted of a cultivated landscape up to the 1860–1870s when this area of Edinburgh was subject to a large amount of industrial development. The Caledonian Distillery was built to the N of the site and industrial buildings, including a cabinet works, were constructed in the development area. These were largely swept away in the Edwardian period, when warehouses (4) were built on the site (possibly an expansion of the distillery), together with a two-storey Post Office building in red brick (5) and a picture house (4A). All of the buildings had been modernised, especially the warehouses, which had been recently used as garage by Avis.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: West Park Place LLP

Diana Sproat, AOC Archaeology Group, 2013

(Source: DES)

Archaeological Evaluation (28 November 2013 - 5 February 2014)

AOC Archaeology Group was commissioned by West Park Place LLP to undertake an historic building survey (http://canmore.org.uk/event/1003136) and archaeological evaluation of a former post office building, picture house and garages located at West Park Place, Edinburgh prior to demolition (Nos 4 and 4A) and renovation (No 5). This work was required as part of a planning condition of the intended development. The archaeological evaluation was undertaken after the demolition of the buildings to floor slab level. The evaluation revealed deposits of made-ground ranging between 0.70 m and 1.25 m in depth. Several brick foundation walls of buildings visible on the OS map of 1877 were recorded. These walls were apparently incorporated into later structures shown on the OS maps of 1894 and 1908. No other significant archaeological features or finds were revealed.

Information from Rob Engl (AOC Archaeology Group) 6 February 2014.

OASIS ID: aocarcha1-170898.

Standing Building Recording (28 November 2013 - 5 February 2014)

AOC Archaeology Group was commissioned by West Park Place LLP to undertake an historic building survey and archaeological evaluation (http://canmore.org.uk/event/1003137) of a former post office building, picture house and garages located at West Park Place, Edinburgh prior to demolition (Nos 4 and 4A) and renovation (No 5). This work was required as part of a planning condition of the intended development. The area was formerly part of the Easter Dalry Estate and consisted of a cultivated landscape up to the 1860s and 1870s when this area of Edinburgh was subject to a large amount of industrial development. The huge Caledonian Distillery was built to the north of the site (now demolished) and industrial buildings - including a cabinet works - were constructed within the development area. These were largely swept away in the Edwardian period, when warehouses (No 4) were built on the site (possibly an expansion of the Distillery) together with a two-storey post office building in red brick (No 5) and a picture house (No 4A). There has been a fair amount of modernisation of all buildings - especially the warehouses - due to their most recent use as a car garage for hire car company Avis.

Information from Rob Engl (AOC Archaeology Group) 6 February 2014.

OASIS ID: aocarcha1-170898

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