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Empire

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Union Street

Empire

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Union Street, Lochgilphead

Built in 1938 as the Empire cinema at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition.

Moved to Lochgilphead after the end of the exhibition; and opened on the new site in July 1939.

It continued in use

as a cinema until c1990

before use as snooker hall, than being

converted to a guest house.

http://www.empirelodge.co.uk/

Last updated: 28 July 2026