Listed Cinemas in Scotland
Angus
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Olympia*
Market Place, Arbroath
Charles Edward - 1912
Bar
B
*Picture House*
141 High Street, Arbroath
Unknown - 1930
Disused - bingo till Oct 202
B
*Regal*
37 High Street, Kirriemuir
Unknown - 1911
Cafe (foyer building only - auditorium demolished)
B
Argyll & Bute
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Picture House*
26 Hall Street, Campbeltown
Albert V. Gardner - 1913
Cinema
A
*La Scala*
8 James Street, Helensburgh
Neil Campbell Duff - 1913
Bar conversion - currently disused
C
Aberdeen
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Capitol*
431 Union Street, Aberdeen
George Clement, A.G.R. MacKenzie - 1933
Auditorium demolished for office tower, foyer restored.
B
*His Majesty's Theatre*
Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen
Frank Matcham - 1906
Live Theatre
A
*Picturedrome (Cinema House)*
3 Skene Terrace, Aberdeen
Unknown - 1910
Bar
Nightclub
B
*Queen's*
120 Union Street, Aberdeen
Unknown - 1937
Nightclub
B
*Regent (Odeon)*
21 Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen
Thomas Scott Sutherland - 1932
Gym
Health Studio
C
*Palace*
5 Bridge Place, Aberdeen
C.T. Marshall - 1931
Nightclub
C
Aberdeenshire
NAME/LOCATION
DESIGNER/YEAR
CURRENT USAGE
Category
Picture House, 45 Bridge Street, Banff
Unknown - 1937
Disused
C
Edinburgh City
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Caley*
31 Lothian Road
James Smith Richardson, John Ross Mckay (Richardson & McKay), James
McKissock 1922,1928
Bar
B
Festival Theatre/Empire Palace
- 13 Nicolson Street
Frank Matcham - 1892/1911;
Thomas Ridley Milburn & William Milburn - 1928
Live theatre/Film Festivals
A
*Filmhouse*
88 Lothian Road
William Burn - 1831(Church)
Cinema closed suddenly in 2022. Plans to re-open in 2025.
B
*Pringles Picture
House (Atmospheric/Studio/Repertory
/Festival/Broadway/Gateway)*
42 Elm Row
George Beattie & Sons - 1882 (Veterinary College)
Disused
C
*Princes (Monseigneur News Theatre/Jacey)*
131 Princes Street
R.M. Cameron - 1912
Retail
B
*New Tivoli*
52 Gorgie Road
James McKissack - 1938
Church
B
*New Victoria (Odeon)*
7 Clerk Street
William Edward Trent - 1930
Disused, undergoing slow restoration to multi-screen cinema as of 2024
B
*Playhouse*
18 Greenside Place
John Fairweather - 1929
Live Theatre
A
*Queen's Hall*
5 Queen Street
Unknown - 1897
Live Performances
Restaurant
A
*Regal (ABC/Odeon)*
118 Lothian Road
Stewart Kaye - 1938
Facade retained, auditorium demolished for offices with small multiplex in basement
B
*Roxy*
392 Gorgie Road
Chadwick, Watson & Co. - 1937
Facade retained, shop and flats behind
C
*Star*
16 St. Mary?s Street
David Cousin & John Lessels (St. Mary?s Hall) - 1914
Learning Centre
B
*Albert Hall (West End)*
24 Shandwick Place
Unknown - 1910
Housing
C
*Central*
12 Casselbank Street, Leith
George Beattie & Son, George Craig - 1885, 1894
Church
B
*Palace*
183 Constitution Hill, Leith
Unknown - 1913
Pub which closed on 3rd Nov 2024. Future uncertain
C
*State*
205 Great Junction Street, Leith
James Miller - 1938
Auditorium demolished, facade retained with flats behind
B
*Dominion*
18 Newbattle Terrace, Morningside
T. Bowhill Gibson - 1938
Cinema
B
*George*
14 Bath Street, Portobello
T. Bowhill Gibson - 1939
Disused, plans for flats conversion behind retained facade refused
C
*Kings/Cameo*
30 Home Street, Tollcross
Unknown 1914
Cinema
B
East Ayrshire
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Kings (Regal/Cannon/MGM/ABC)*
24 Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock
Alexander Cullen, Charles J. McNair 1904/1934
Derelict
B
Palace Theatre, 9 Green Street,
Kilmarnock
Corn exchange (James Ingram:1863), converted to theatre (1903)
Live theatre (currently being refurbished)
A
Fife
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Alhambra*
32 Canmore Street, Dunfirmline
John Fraser - 1922
Live Theatre
B
*Cinema House (Cinema/Orient Express/Robin?s)*
Viewfield Place, East Port, Dunfermline
Unknown - 1913
Derelict
B
*Kings (Hippodrome/Opera House/Regal/Cannon/MGM/Virgin/ABC)*
260a High Street, Kirkcaldy
John D. Swanson, William Williamson, Charles J. McNair 1904/1937
Restoration for live events with adjacent YMCA building - retention of cinema structure now in doubt
B
*Regent/Kino*
17 Commercial Road, Leven
Roden & Anderson - 1922
Cinema closed on 31/12/23 - now disused
C
*New Picture House*
117 North Street, St. Andrews
Gillespie & Scott - 1931
Currently being converted to cinema/sports bar/golf attraction
B
Glasgow City
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Charing Cross Electric*
508 Sauchiehall Street
Unknown Conversion - 1910
Original auditorium gone, larger replacement was dance hall, now casino. Facade survives but was itself older than the cinema.
B
*Cinema De Luxe (News Theatre/Tatler/Classic)*
15 Renfield Street
James Miller - 1915
Offices and shops behind retained facade
B
*Regal/ABC* 304-322 Sauchiehall Street
Original structure c.1880 as panoroma. Subsequently ice-skating palace, hippodrome, dance hall then cinema from 1929 by C.J. McNair
Cinema converted to bars and music venue c.2003. Auditorium largely destroyed by fire in 2018. 1929 facade and entrance portico demolished in 2024 under Dangerous Building Notice
C
*Vitagraph (King?s/News/Curzon/Classic/Tatler)*
520 Sauchiehall Street
John Fairweather - 1912
Originally a piano showroom and hall. Latterly nightclub, now disused, Plans in 2022 for flats and shops behind retained facade.
B
*Picture House (Gaumont)*
140 Sauchiehall Street
H. & D. Barclay 1895
Re-used an earlier warehouse facade, which still survives as entrance to Savoy shopping centre, named after another adjacent former cinema demolished which was also demolished for the redevelopment
B
*Cosmo (Glasgow Film Theatre)*
12 Rose Street
James McKissack - 1939
Cinema
B
*Paramount (Odeon)*
56 Renfield Street
Frank T. Verity, Samuel Beverley (Verity & Beverley) - 1934
Foyer block only survives, converted to offices and restaurants. Main entrance unit remains disused. Auditorium now site of office tower.
B
*Britannia (Panopticon/Tron)*
109 Trongate
Music Hall - Gildard & MacFarlane - 1857)
Boswell & MacIntyre - 1910
Under restoration by Trust, hosts regular film and variety shows
A
*Ascot (Gaumont/Odeon)*
1544 Great Western Road, Anniesland
Robert Elder, Charles J. McNair - 1939
Flats built behind retained facade
B
*Olympia (ABC)*
14 Orr Street, Bridgeton
George Arthur, Robert Elder, Charles J. McNair (Frank Matcham & Co.) -
1911/1938
Facade retained, now houses offices and library
B
*Kingsway (Vogue)*
1235 Cathcart Street, Cathcart
James McKissack - 1929
Demolished 2006
B
*Lyceum*
908 Govan Road, Govan
Robert Elder, Charles J. McNair - 1938
Derelict but owner plans to re-open as multi-function venue in 2025
B
*Govanhill Picture House*
47 Bank Street, Govanhill
Eric A. Sutherland - 1926
Interior gutted and divided horizontally. Ground floor contains Asian fabric shop. Upper level disused after plans for artist studios and cinema fell through
B
*Hillhead Picture Salon (Salon)*
17 Vinicombe Street, Hillhead
Brand & Lithgow/James McKissack 1913/1931
Bar
Restaurant
A
*New Bedford (Bedford/Academy)*
121 Eglinton Street, Lauriston
Lennox & McMath - 1932
Concert Venue
B
*Toledo (ABC/Cannon)*
380 Clarkston Street, Muirend
William Beresford Inglis (Weddell & Inglis - 1933
Facade retained, flats behind. Some decorative elements recreated in foyer.
B
*Riddrie (Vogue)*
726 Cumberland Street, Riddrie
James McKissack - 1938
Bingo Club
B
*Waverley (ABC)*
18 Moss Side Road, Shawlands Cross
Watson, Salmond & Gray - 1922
Latterly a bar/restaurant but now disused. Plans to re-open as cinema then pub both fell through.
A
Grand Central (Classic Grand/Cannon Grand) 20 Jamaica Street
W. B. Whittie – 1915
Nightclub and amusement arcade
B
Moray
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Picture House*
13 Church Street, Dufftown
Unknown - 1930
Cafe
Restaurant
B
North Ayrshire
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Lyric*
59 Princess Street, Ardrossan
Unknown - 1914
Foyer was a bar, auditorium demolished for flats
B
*Radio (George)*
1 Bridgend, Kilbirnie
James Houston - 1937
Community Centre
Gym
C
*Town Hall (Countess)*
Countess Street, Saltcoats
Howie & Walton - 1892
Arts Centre
Live Performances
B
North Lanarkshire
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Cinema (Classic)*
57 Kirk Road, Wishaw
James L. Ross - 1920
Cafe and Wellbeing Centre
C
*Green?s Playhouse*
59 Kirk Road, Wishaw
John Fairweather - 1940
Bingo club till Oct 2023. Currently disused.
C
Scottish Borders
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Playhouse*
60 West High Street, Peebles
Alistair G. MacDonald - 1932
Retail in Foyer
Auditorium demolished
C
Perth & Kinross
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Playhouse*
6 Murray Street, Perth
Alexander Cattenach Jr. - 1933
Cinema
B
Renfrewshire
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Globe Cinema*
7 High Street, Johnstone
Lennox & McMath - 1939
Bingo Club
C
*Picture House*
23 High Street, Paisley
George A. Boswell - 1912
Facade retained as entrance to shopping mall
B
*Royal Animated Picture (Glen)*
Gilmour Street & Dyers Wynd, Paisley Cross, Paisley
James Donald - 1910
Offices
Retail
B
Highland
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Playhouse (Invergordon Arts Centre)*
High Street, Invergordon
Alexander Ross & Son - 1934
Arts Centre
Live Performances
B
*Picture House*
Tower Street, Tain
Unknown - 1920?s
Disused but phased restoration started in 2021
B
South Ayrshire
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Broadway*
80 Main Street, Prestwick
Alistair G. McDonald - 1935
Closed but now owned by group who aim to restore as cinema and cinema museum. Foyer area open on occasion.
C
*Green's Playhouse*
Boswell Park, Ayr
John Fairweather - 1923
Bingo Club till Feb 2023. Now disused.
B
South Lanarkshire
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Savoy Cinema*
52 Main Street, Cambuslang
John Fairweather - 1929
Bar
C
*La Scala (Gaumont)*
Keith Street, Hamilton
James McKissack - 1927
Facade only survives. Plans for flats to be built behind it.
B
*Victoria Hall (Playhouse/Granada)*
157 Quarry Street, Hamilton
Unknown - 1910
Housing behind retained facade
C
*Regal*
48 Bannatyne Street, Lanark
Lennox D. Paterson - 1936
Disused
C
Biggar Corn Exchange/Biggar Cinema,
126 High Street, Biggar
Architect unknown - 1860
Community Arts Centre + films
B
*Vogue (Odeon)*
60 Main Street, Rutherglen
James McKissack - 1936
Bingo closed in 2020, conversion to restaurant expected to open in 2025
B
*Rex*
10 Argyle Street, Stonehouse
Unknown - 1937
Storage
B
Stirling
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Arcade (Alhambra)*
South West Mall, 32 King Street, Stirling
John McLean - 1882
Skeletal ceiling of theatre remains disused in shopping arcade but with plans to use space soon.
B
*Electric Empire (La Scala)*
10 Station Road, Grangemouth
Alistair G. MacDonald - 1913,1930
Derelict
C
Dundee City
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
Caird Hall, City Square, Dundee
James Thomson - 1923
Concerts
A
*Green's Playhouse*
106 Nethergate, Dundee
Joseph Emberton, John Fairweather - 1936
Tower only survives from original cinema. 1990s bingo shed behind closed in 2024 but there are plans to re-open as a live venue.
B
*Regal*
51 Queen Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Unknown - 1936
Was latterly a car showroom. Demolished due to structural concerns with roof in 2023.
B
*Kings Theatre & Hippodrome (Gaumont/Odeon)*
27 Cowgate, Dundee
Frank Thomson - 1909
Disused
B
West Dunbartonshire
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Public Hall*
204 Bank Street, Alexandria
Hugh MacLure - orig Public Hall of 1863. 1930s Cinema alts unknown.
Soft Play Centre
B
West Lothian
Name/Location
Designer/Year
Current Usage
Category
*Pavilion*
19 George Place, Bathgate
John Fairweather - 1920
Bingo Club
C
*Regal*
24 North Bridge Street, Bathgate
Andrew David Haxton - 1928
Arts Centre
Cinema
Live Performances
B
*Hippodrome*
Hope Street, Bo'ness
Matthew Steel, Alexander Cattenach - 1912/1947
Cinema
A