What is recorded here

Castle Terrace Synod Hall has worn three masks: a nineteenth-century college, a nineteenth-century theatre, and a twentieth-century cinema. One building, three appetites. That is not confusion, it is a life. Edinburgh keeps rooms that refuse to do one thing twice.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Castle Terrace, Synod Hall as Cinema (20th Century), College (19th Century), Theatre (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The Synod Hall on Edinburgh's Castle Terrace was built in the 19th century and served as a theatre and later a college, reflecting the area's cultural and educational development. It is remembered for its adaptive reuse and contribution to Edinburgh's historic urban landscape.

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