The cinema featured a wide knee-room, saucer-shaped layout ensuring no seat is immediately behind another, Western Electric Mirrophonic sound and Holophone lighting system.

[1][2][7] The George Cinema closed in 1974 and underwent alterations to convert it into a bingo hall, which included the replacement of outer cladding and the removal of the central glass brick tower.

[8] The City of Edinburgh Planning Authority refused consent to demolish the Art Deco cinema.

[9][10] Fresh proposals for redevelopment were submitted in early 2021, involving the demolition of the cinema auditorium and lobby, retention of the façade and reinstatement of the glass tower.

The County Cinema was designed with bold, geometric towers and a smooth, unornamented façade painted in two shades of blue.