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History of Perth · Historic Environment Scotland

357 listed buildings, 20 of them in the top category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Perth’s locality, 75 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 4 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 53 of its listed buildings and 4 old views of the town.

20Category A192Category B1948old map4scheduled monuments8on Including Boundary Walls
Listed buildings
357
75 per 10,000 residents
Category A
20
national importance
Category B
192
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
4
2 gardens & designed landscapes
In pictures

Perth in 60 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

York Place, A K Bell Library Including Boundary Wall to York PlaceYork Place, A K Bell Library Including Boundary Wall to York PlaceCategory A listedPerth Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, Tay Street, PerthPerth Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, Tay Street, PerthCategory A listedHigh Street 104, 106 (S. Side) GuildhallHigh Street 104, 106 (S. Side) GuildhallCategory B listedKinnoul Parish Church, Dundee Road.Kinnoul Parish Church, Dundee Road.Category B listedMain Street 2-16 (Even Numbers) and 2 West Bridge Street, BridgendMain Street 2-16 (Even Numbers) and 2 West Bridge Street, BridgendCategory C listed+55See all photos

Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.

Through time

Perth from 1890 to 1948

An old map and 4 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Perth from Bridgend, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianPerth from Bridgend, ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
View on the Tay, Perth, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianView on the Tay, Perth, ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Tay Street, Perth1903
EdwardianTay Street, PerthPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Valley of the Tay from Kinnoull Hills, Perth1903
EdwardianValley of the Tay from Kinnoull Hills, PerthPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Ordnance Survey Town Plans Elgin Perth Dundee, Published 1948c. 1948
Old mapOrdnance Survey Town Plans Elgin Perth Dundee, Published 1948Map: Director General of the Ordnance Survey, UK · Public domain

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Perth’s history is

Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.

Branklyn, garden or designed landscapeScone Palace, garden or designed landscapeHuntingtower Castle, scheduled monumentKinnoull Church, remains of church and churchyard, Perth, scheduled monumentMains of Huntingtower, henge, enclosures, pits and road WSW of, scheduled monumentPerth, Cromwell's Citadel, scheduled monumentAlbert, Prince Consort, Statue to, North Inch, Category BArt Gallery and Museum, George Street., Category BAtholl Crescent, 1, Category BAtholl Place, 1-6 (All Numbers), Category BAtholl Place, 7 and 2 Blackfriars Street, Category BAtholl Street, 1, 3, (S. Side), Category BAtholl Street, 5, 7, (S. Side) and 77 Kinnoul Street., Category BBalhousie Castle, Hay Street, (Museum for Black Watch Regiment), Category BBarossa Place 1, 3, 5, Category BBarossa Place 10, Category BBarossa Place 13, Category BBarossa Place 14, 16, 18, Category BBarossa Place 19, 19A, Category BBarossa Place 22, 24, Category BBarossa Place 23, Category BBarossa Place 25 and 5 Hay Street, Category BBarossa Place 27, Category BBarossa Place, 7, Category BBarossa Place, 9, Category BBellwood, Off Dundee Road., Category BBlackfriars, North Port, Perth, (Formerly Blackfriars House), Category BBowerswell Road Bankhead, Category BBowerswell Road Bowerswell, Category BCaledonian Road, Caledonian Road Primary School Including Advanced Department Building, Wrought Iron Railings and Gates, Category BChapel, Former Murray Royal Asylum, Muirhall Road, Perth, Category BCharlotte Street 1 (N Side), Category BCharlotte Street 3 (N Side), Category BCharlotte Street, 10-14 (Even Numbers), Category BCharlotte Street, 4-8 (Even Numbers), Category BCharlotte Street, 5, Category BCharlotte Street, 7, Category BCharlotte Street, 9-13 (Odd Numbers), Category BCity Hall, King Edward Street, St John's Place and Kirkside., Category BCraigie Place, 17, Earlybank, Category BCurfew Row Fair Maid's House, Category BCurfew Row, Building on Site of Town House of Lord John Murray, Category BDundee Road Glensaugh, Category BDundee Road Kinnoul Cottage, Category BDundee Road Knowehead, Category BDundee Road Rio (Abbeyfield Society Old People's Home), Category BDundee Road St Leonard's Manse, Category BDundee Road, 2 Hillside, Ferndale Including Boundary Walls with Inset Railings and Gates, Category BFairmount Terrace Balnacraig, Category BFlats 1-8 (Inclusive Nos), Ardchoille House, Strathmore Street, Perth, Category BGeorge Street (W Side) 80 and 2 Charlotte Street, Category BGeorge Street 11, 13 (E Side), Category BGeorge Street 15-21 (E Side) Conservative Club (Odd Numbers), Category BGeorge Street 22, 24 (W Side) Bank of Scotland Buildings, (Formerly the Union Bank)., Category BGeorge Street 23-27 (E Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BGeorge Street 26-34 (W Side) (Even Numbers), Category BGeorge Street 29-33 (E Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BGeorge Street 47-51 (E Side) Royal George Hotel (Odd Numbers), Category BGeorge Street 5-9 (E Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BGeorge Street 75, 77 (E Side) Bank of Scotland, Category BGlasgow Road Hamilton House Now Syha, Category BHigh Street 104, 106 (S. Side) Guildhall, Category BHigh Street 108-112 (Even Numbers) (S. Side) and 2-8 King Edward Street (Even Numbers), Category BHigh Street 13-19 (N. Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BHigh Street 21-31 (N. Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BHigh Street 28, 30 (S Side) and 1-5 Watergate (Odd Numbers), Category BHigh Street 32, 34, 36 and 36A (S Side), Category BHigh Street 33-37 (N Side) (Odd Nos), Category BHigh Street 44, 46 (S Side) and 1 St John Street, Category BHigh Street 48, 50 (S Side), Category BHigh Street 55, 57 (N Side), Category BHigh Street 60, 62 (S Side), Category BHigh Street 64-68 (S Side) (Even Numbers), Category BHigh Street 7, 9, 11 (N. Side) Royal Bank of Scotland, Category BHigh Street 70-74 (S Side) (Even Numbers), Category BHigh Street 86-96 (S Side) (Even Numbers), Category BHigh Street 98-102 (S Side) (Even Numbers), Category BHigh Street and Corner of Tay Street, General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, World Headquarters, Category BIsla Road 1-4 Mansfield Place (All Numbers), Category BIsla Road Boatlands, Category BIsla Road Springland, Category BIsla Road Springland Boathouse, Category BIsla Road Tayfletts, Category BKincarrathie Doocot, Category BKincarrathie House, Cricket Pavilion., Category BKincarrathie House, Former 'Chapel'., Category BKincarrathie House, Old People's Home. (Gannochy Trust) Isla Road and Pitcullen Crescent., Category BKing Street, Former St Leonard's Parish Church, Category BKinnoul Parish Church, Dundee Road., Category BKinnoul Terrace Craigievar and Darnick, Category BKinnoul Terrace Witchhill House, Category BKinnoull Street, Perth Congregational Church, Category BLeonard Street, Perth Railway Station Including Carriage Shed and Gatepiers, Category BLeonard Street, Station Hotel, Including Gatepiers, Category BLow Road Pitheavlis Cottages, Category BLynedoch House, 31 Barossa Place, Perth, Category BMain Street Earnoch Bridgend, Category BMain Street Inchbank Bridgend, Category BMain Street Inveraven Bridgend, Category BMain Street Newlands Bridgend, Category BMain Street Springbank Bridgend (Divided Into 3 Flats), Category BMelville Street 23 Scottish Milk Marketing Board Regional Office, Category BMelville Street, 25 Santa Monica, Category BMiddle Church, (Formerly) and Halls, 4, 6 Tay Street., Category BMill Street, North Church (Church of Scotland), Including Former Church Session House to Rear, Category BMuirhall Road, Annat Lodge, Category BMunicipal Buildings, 1, 3, 5 High Street, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 Tay Street (One Continuous Design), Category BMurray Street, Playhouse Cinema, Category BNorth Port, 8 - 16 (Even Numbers), Category BOld Gatehouse, HMP Perth, 3 Edinburgh Road, Perth, Category BPerth Northern District Primary School, Dunkeld Road and Muirton Place., Category BPerth, Mount Tabor Road, Gean Cottage Including Former Wash House and Boundary Wall, Category BPitcullen House, Including Gates and Gatepiers, Muirhall Road, Perth, Category BPrinces Street, St John the Baptist (Episcopal) Church, Category BRose Terrace and 2 Atholl Street Corner House, Category BRose Terrace, 1-5 (All Numbers), Category BRose Terrace, 13-16 (All Numbers), Category BRose Terrace, 17, Category BRose Terrace, 8-12 (All Numbers), Category BRuthven House, Category BRuthven House Garden Wall and Lodge., Category BSouth Methven Street, High Street and St Paul's Square, St Paul's Church, Category BSouth Street (S Side) 20-24 (Even Numbers), Category BSouth Street 26-32 (S. Side) (Even Numbers), Category BSouth Street 43-53 (N. Side). (Odd Numbers), Category BSouth Street, 11-15 (N. Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BSouth Street, 17-21 (N. Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BSouth Street, 29-37 (N. Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BSouth Street, 89-95 (N. Side) (Odd Numbers), Category BSports arena block, including dome, changing rooms and offices at Bell's Sports Centre, excluding all other structures and buildings, Hay Street, Perth, Category BSt John Street (E. Side) 10-16 (Even Numbers), Category BSt John Street (E. Side) 18-24 (Even Numbers), Category BSt John Street (E. Side) 2, 4 and 36, 40 High Street, Category BSt John Street (W Side) 35-39 (Odd Numbers), Category BSt John Street (W. Side) 15, Category BSt John Street (W. Side) 7-13 (Odd Numbers), Category BSt John Street, (E. Side) 26-30 (Even Numbers), Category BSt John Street, (E. Side) 32-36 (Even Numbers), Category BSt John Street, (E. Side) 38, 40, Category BSt John Street, (E. Side) 42, 44, Category BSt John Street, (E. Side) 58, 60, Category BSt John Street, (E. Side) 62-70 (Even Numbers), Category BSt John Street, (W. Side) 17-23 (Odd Numbers), Category BSt John Street, (W. Side) 27-33 (Odd Numbers), Category BSt John Street, (W. Side) 3, 5, Category BSt John Street, 25 1, 3 5 South St John's Place, Category BSt John Street, 72-76 (E. Side) (Even Numbers), Category BSt John's Place, 3, Category BSt John's Place, 9, 10, Category BSt Mary's Monastery (Rc), Hatton Road., Category BSt Matthew's (Formerly West) Church, Tay Street, Category BTay Street, 26, Savings Bank, Category BTay Street, 36-44 Victoria Buildings (Even Numbers), Category BTay Street, 46-52 "Gowrie House" (Even Numbers), Category BViewlands Road, General Accident Assurance Corporation, Training College, Category BWest Mill Street, The Old Granary, Category B1 and 2 Graham's Place, King Street, Including Boundary Walls, Category B1, 3 South Street and 54 Tay Street, Tay River Purification Board, Category B1-14 (Inclusive Nos) Marshall Place and 2 and 4 Nelson Street Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B1-3 (Inclusive Nos) King's Place and 1-3 (Inclusive Nos) King James Place and 55 and 57 King Street and Boundary Wall, Category B1-3 Atholl Court (Formerly 6-12 Atholl Street), Category B1-9 (Odd Nos) York Place and 41-45 (Odd Nos) New Row, Category B10 St Leonard's Bank, Including Boundary Walls, Category B11-17 (Odd Nos) Atholl Street, Category B113-119 (Odd Nos) Glover Street, Category B15-28 (Inclusive Nos) Marshall Place, 1 and 3 Nelson Street and 110 Scott Street Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B16 and 18 Methven Street, Category B177-187 (Odd Numbers) High Street, Perth Theatre, Category B18 Charlotte Street, Category B189 South Street and 70 South Methven Street, Category B2 and 4 County Place and 1 Hospital Street, Category B220 South Street and 17 Canal Crescent, Category B251 High Street, Category B27 (Inglelowe) and 29 (Hollybrook) Wilson Street, Including Boundary Walls, Gates and Railings, Category B28, 30 and 32 James Street and 70A, 70B and 72 Victoria Street, Category B3 King Street and 32 Canal Crescent, Category B3 St Leonard's Bank, Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B3 and 4 Graham's Place, King Street, Including Boundary Walls, Category B30-36 South Street, Salutation Hotel, Category B31 South Methven Street, Category B35-49 (Odd Nos) Kinnoull Street, 1 Mill Street, Union Street (South Side) Former Pullars Dyeworks, Category B38 South Street and 2 Princes Street (Former Commercial Bank), Category B4 Kinnoull Street and 197 High Street, Category B4 York Place, The Lodge, Including Gatepiers, Category B4 and 5 King's Place, Category B5 St Leonard's Bank, Including Boundary Walls and Outbuilding, Category B52 Kinnoull Street and 9 Atholl Street, Category B52-54 Canal Street, Love's Auction Rooms, Category B58-64 (Even Nos) Atholl Street, Perth, Category B6 King's Place, Pedigree House, Category B6 St Leonard's Bank, Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B6 and 8 County Place and 3 and 5 Hospital Street, Category B6 and 8 South Methven Street (Former Sharp's Institute), Category B61-71 (Odd Nos) South Methven Street, Category B62-72 (Even Nos) Tay Street, Including Former Museum, Category B7 St Leonard's Bank, Including Boundary Walls and Outbuildings, Category B8-12 (Even Nos) South Street and 3 Speygate, Category B9 South Street and 85 Watergate, Perth, Category BAtholl Crescent, 2-8 (All Numbers), Category AAtholl Street and North Methven Street, St Ninian's Cathedral (Scottish Episcopal Church), Category AAultbea House (Former Surgeon's House) HMP Perth, 3 Edinburgh Road, Perth, Category ACanal Street and Tay Street, Greyfriars Burial Ground Including Gates and Boundary Walls, Category ACharlotte Place 2-4, And 20 Charlotte Street, Category ACrescent Block, A and B Halls and Tower Board Room, HMP Perth, 3 Edinburgh Road, Perth, Category ADundee Road Barnhill Tollhouse, Category AHospital Street, King Street and Albert Place, Former King James VI Hospital Including Boundary Walls, Category AMain Building, Former Murray Royal Asylum, Muirhall Road, Perth, Category AMarshall Place, St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church and Halls (Church of Scotland), Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers, Category APerth Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, Tay Street, Perth, Category APitheavlis Castle, 58 Needless Road, Category ASt John's Kirk, Kirkside, St John's Place, St John Street, Category ATay Street, Former Perth Water Works, Category AThe Old Academy, 6, 7 Rose Terrace, Category AVisitor Centre and Staff Club (former Guardrooms then Warder's Houses) HMP Perth, 3 Edinburgh Road, Perth, Category AWest Mill Street, Lower City Mills, Tourist Information Centre, Category AWest Mill Street, Ramada Perth Hotel, (Former Upper City Mills), Category AYork Place, A K Bell Library Including Boundary Wall to York Place, Category A48 and 50 St John Street (east side) (former Bank of Scotland and Central Bank building), excluding flat-roofed 1970s extension to rear (east), Perth, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from Atholl Street and North Methven Street, St Ninian's Cathedral (Scottish Episcopal Church)
5 of 20Category A buildings stand within 400 m of Atholl Street and North Methven Street, St Ninian's Cathedral (Scottish Episcopal Church), a five-minute walk. So do 93 of the 357 listed buildings.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

357 listed buildings by grade
20 Category A192 Category B145 Category C

Historic Environment Scotland lists buildings in three categories: Category A for buildings of national or international importance (about 7.5% of listed buildings), Category B for buildings of regional importance (about 50%), and Category C for buildings of local importance (about 43%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on Historic Environment Scotland’s designations whose point lies inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.

Category A

The 20 Category A listed buildings in Perth

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 5 of these stand within 400 m of Atholl Street and North Methven Street, St Ninian's Cathedral (Scottish Episcopal Church). 15 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 192 Category B listed buildings in Perth

Buildings of regional importance. 37 are photographed.

Show the other 180
Historic streets

Including Boundary Walls has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

Including Boundary Walls8 listed · 3 II*
Perth5 listed · 1 Category A · 2 II*
48 and 50 St John Street (east side) (former Bank of Scotland and Central Bank building), excluding flat-roofed 1970s extension to rear (east), Perth9 South Street and 85 Watergate, Perth
Including Boundary Wall4 listed

Of the 357 entries, 70 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Perth’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas295
Walls, gates & bridges19
Public & civic buildings16
Churches, chapels & priories16
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Memorials, crosses & tombs2

295 entries (83%) are houses, terraces and villas. 16 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 20 Category A buildings.

Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.

Category C

145 Category C listed buildings

This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.

All 145 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Atholl Street 14-18 (N. Side) (Even Numbers)Atholl Street 20-24 (N Side) (Even Numbers)Atholl Street 26-30 (N Side) (Even Numbers)Atholl Street 32-36 (N. Side) (Even Numbers)Atholl Street 56 (N. Side)Atholl Street, Former St Andrews ChurchBarossa Place 15, 17Barossa Place 21Barossa Place 29Barossa Place, 11Barossa Street 26-56 (Even Nos)Blackfriars Street 4Blackfriars Street 8, 10Bowerswell Lane, Bowerswell Summerhouse, Including Greenhouse and Boundary WallBowerswell Road Pennylands.Commercial Street 1, 3 BridgendCraigie Place, 19 CraigiebankCraigie Primary School, Abbots RoadCraigie Road CraigieparkDundee Road 101Dundee Road Bellwood CottageDundee Road WellbankDundee Road and Corner of Manse Road Manse of KinnoulEdinburgh Road 79, Old TollhouseFairmount Terrace WillansleeFormer Elcho and Birnam Wards, Former Murray Royal Asylum, Muirhall Road, PerthFriarton Road Nether Friarton HouseGeorge Street 1, 3 (E Side)George Street 12, 14 (W Side)George Street 16, 18, 20 (W Side)George Street 35-39 (E Side) (Odd Numbers)George Street 36, 38 (W Side) Glovers HallGeorge Street 40-48 (W Side) (Even Numbers)George Street 41-45 (E Side) (Odd Numbers)George Street 50, 52 (W Side)George Street 53-57 (E Side) (Odd Numbers)George Street 54-60 (W Side) (Even Numbers)George Street 59-65 (E Side) (Odd Numbers)George Street 62, 64 (W Side) and 2 Bridge LaneGeorge Street 67-71 (E Side) (Odd Numbers)Glasgow Road Rosslyn HouseGlasgow Road, 107 Hamilton House LodgeGrey Row, Ruthven.High Street 39-43 (N Side) (Odd Numbers)High Street 45-53 (N Side) (Odd Numbers)High Street 76, 78 (S Side)Hollybush House, gatepiers and boundary walls, excluding Greenbank and single-storey extension and porch attached to the northeast elevation of Hollybush House, Muirhall Road, PerthIsla Road Boatlands, Lodge and Garden WallsIsla Road Rose CottageIsla Road Springland Fernhouse WellIsla Road Upper Springlands Garden House and Garden WallsIsla Road, MeadowlandKeir Street Croft HouseKing Edward Street 22, 24, 26Kinnoul Primary School, Dundee RoadKinnoul Street 25, 27 (E Side)Kinnoul Street 31, 33 (E. Side)Kinnoul Street, 75 (E. Side)Kinnoul Terrace GaskhillKinnoul Terrace SomersetKinnoul Terrace the Den, Offices of John Maclaren and Russell Diplock, Architects and Planning ConsultantsLanglands, Kinnoull Terrace, Perth (Formerly Murrayville)Leonard Street, Royal British HouseMain Street 2-16 (Even Numbers) and 2 West Bridge Street, BridgendMain Street Riversdale BridgendMain Street, 1-5 Bridgend (Odd Numbers)Main Street, 7, 9,11 BridgendMain Street, Lodge Bridgend Ardochoille, Formerly Rosemount Now Perth and Kinross District Police Headquarters.Melville Street 24 StruanbankMelville Street 26Melville Street 26 Domestic Building at Rear of AboveMelville Street 28-32 (Even Numbers) and 1 Low StreetMelville Street Presbytery of St John's Rc ChurchMelville Street, 1, 3Melville Street, 15, 17Melville Street, 7-11 (Odd Numbers)Methven Street, (North) 43-47 (Odd Numbers)Muirhall Road Annat Lodge StableyardNorth Port, 2 - 6 (Even Numbers)Perth Royal Infirmary, Nurses Home with Recreation Room and Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and GatesPerth Telephone Exchange excluding interior, 1-5 Canal Crescent, PerthPomarium Street, Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Including Adjoining FlatRoma, 28 Dundee Road, PerthScott Street, Perth Methodist ChurchSouth Inch at Foot of King Street, Statue to Sir Walter ScottSouth Street 75-81 (Odd Numbers) Salvation Army Hall and 30-36 King Edward Street (Even Numbers)St John's Place, 4 & 29 KirkgateSt John's Place, 5, 6, 7 & 8St John's Rc Church Melville StreetSt Magdalene's Road, 21 Southesk BankSt Matthew's Hall and Church Officer's House, 34 WatergateStormont Street, 6Stormont Street, 8Tay Street, 2Watergate, 21-31 (Odd Numbers)Watergate, 81York Place, Trinity Church of the Nazarene, Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers1 Charterhouse Lane and 2 and 4 Canal Crescent1 West Bridge Street, Bridgend, Perth1 and 2 St Leonard's Bank, Parklands Hotel14-16 (Even Nos) Kinnoull Street (Former Sandeman Library)15-19 (Odd Nos) Princes Street16 King Street, Including Boundary Walls17-21 (Odd Nos) Speygate170-178 (Even Nos) South Street, Former Wesleyan Chapel18 and 20 York Place19 Atholl Street and 18 North William Street2-16 (Even Nos) North Methven Street and 54 and 56 West Mill Street20 King Street, Including Boundary Wall22 South William Street226-232 (Even Nos) High Street25 Dundee Road, Dalvay and Lower Dalvay, Formerly Manse of St Mark's284 and 286 High Street and 7 Lickley Street, Peddie's Building30-36 (Even Nos) Princes Street, (Former Star Bar)31 James Street Including Boundary Walls33 North Methven Street (The Half Moon Public House) and 16A, 16B and 16C Foundry Lane, Perth33 and 35 Princes Street and 30 Canal Street34-40 (Even Nos) James Street34-44 (Even Nos) South Methven Street35 King Street, Including Boundary Walls37 King Street, Including Boundary Wall37-41 (Odd Nos) North Methven Street37-43 Scott Street and 141 and 143 South Street38-48 (Even Nos) Princes Street39-45 (Odd Nos) Victoria Street, Including Boundary Wall4 St Leonard's Bank, Including Boundary Walls41 and 43 King Street, Including Boundary Walls43 Princes Street, Dunbar44 and 46 James Street46-50 (Even Nos) South Methven Street46-50 (Even Nos) South Street48 and 50 Kinnoull Street49, 51 and 51A King Street, Including Boundary Wall5 and 7 King Street, Including St Andrew Lodge50 Princes Street55 Princes Street, Greyfriars House55-63 (Odd Nos) North Methven Street57 and 58 West Mill Street6-12 (Even Nos) Kinnoull Street60 and 62 Princes Street7 North William Street7 South St John's Place73-79 (Odd Nos) South Methven Street and 1 County Place9 St Leonard's Bank, Including Boundary Walls97 Canal Street, Mucky Mulligan's
Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 6.8% of Perth

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Perth Central 197087 ha
Kinnoull 197045 ha
132 hain conservation areas, of 1,946 ha inside the locality.

The first, Perth Central and Kinnoull, were designated in 1970; the newest, Kinnoull, in 1970. 304 of the 357 listed buildings stand in one.

Historic Environment Scotland’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the locality.

How the list grew

More than half of Perth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1977

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1977 · 2171965 · 107
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 107 entries were listed in 1965, 16 of the 20 Category A buildings among them. 217 came in 1977, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.

Monuments & landscapes

Monuments, parks and gardens

Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.

4 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.

Huntingtower Castle
Huntingtower CastleSecular: castle
Kinnoull Church, remains of church and churchyard, PerthEcclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard
Mains of Huntingtower, henge, enclosures, pits and road WSW ofPrehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge; Roman: road
Perth, Cromwell's CitadelSecular: fort (non-prehistoric)

2 gardens and designed landscapes

Branklyn
BranklynGarden and designed landscape
Scone PalaceGarden and designed landscape
Born here

66 notable people born in Perth before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

William of Perth
Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France
Patrick Adamson
John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie
James Christie
William Drummond of Logiealmond
Thomas Brown
David Octavius Hill
Jessie Mann
John Wood
Charles Mackay
Effie Gray
Francis Buchanan White
John Milne Bramwell
Donald MacAlister
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser
Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar
John Guille Millais
John Buchan
William Soutar
120013501500165018001950
John Buchan
John Buchan1875–1940 · Scottish author and politician (1875–1940)
Charles Mackay
Charles Mackay1814–1889 · British writer (1814-1889)
Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France
Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France1425–1445 · Eldest child of child of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort
Effie Gray
Effie Gray1828–1897 · Scottish artist and model (1828-1897)
David Octavius Hill
David Octavius Hill1802–1870 · Scottish painter and photographer (1802-1870)
Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar
Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar1864–1930 · Scottish distiller and politician (1864-1930)
PA
Patrick Adamson1537–1592 · Churchman and diplomat
Francis Buchanan White
Francis Buchanan White1842–1894 · Scottish entomologist and botanist (1842–1894)

Everyone born in Perth → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Towns its size

Perth has the 4th most Category A buildings of 36 towns its size

Scottish towns of 19,000–120,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Stirling24
Paisley24
Dumfries22
Perth20
Ayr16
Greenock15
Inverness14
Elgin13
Hamilton13
Musselburgh11
Kirkcaldy and Dysart10
Dunfermline10
#7 of 36for listed buildings per resident (75 per 10,000). Stirling, Elgin and Dumfries lead.

Only Stirling, Paisley and Dumfries have more. The typical town its size has 4.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Perth

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Perth47,88535720—
Scone5,21990—
Bridge of Earn2,917171—
In brief

Perth in brief

Perth has 357 listed buildings, 20 of them in the top category, including Canal Street and Tay Street, Greyfriars Burial Ground Including Gates and Boundary Walls. Only 3 of the 36 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970. Of the whole list, 83% are houses, terraces and villas.

Of the 66 people born here before 1900, the best known include John Buchan (1875), Charles Mackay (1814) and Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1425). More than half went on the list in a single year, 1977: 217 of 357. Beyond that, it also has 4 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Perth’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Perth?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 357 buildings inside Perth’s locality: 20 Category A, 192 Category B and 145 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Perth?

20, including Atholl Crescent, 2-8 (All Numbers), Atholl Street and North Methven Street, St Ninian's Cathedral (Scottish Episcopal Church), Aultbea House (Former Surgeon's House) HMP Perth, 3 Edinburgh Road, Perth, Canal Street and Tay Street, Greyfriars Burial Ground Including Gates and Boundary Walls, Charlotte Place 2-4, And 20 Charlotte Street and Crescent Block, A and B Halls and Tower Board Room, HMP Perth, 3 Edinburgh Road, Perth.

Which street in Perth has the most listed buildings?

Including Boundary Walls (8), Perth (5) and Including Boundary Wall (4) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Perth?

Yes, 4 scheduled monuments, including Huntingtower Castle, Kinnoull Church, remains of church and churchyard, Perth, Mains of Huntingtower, henge, enclosures, pits and road WSW of and Perth, Cromwell's Citadel.

How many conservation areas are there in Perth?

2, covering about 132 hectares of the town. The largest are Perth Central and Kinnoull.

When were Perth’s buildings listed?

The first in 1965; the most, 217, in 1977.

Are there old photos of Perth?

Yes: 4 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1903, and an old map from 1948, all on this page.

Who was born in Perth?

Among people born before 1900: John Buchan (1875), Charles Mackay (1814), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1425), Effie Gray (1828) and David Octavius Hill (1802).

Perth has no History Grade.

Listed buildings, scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, battlefields, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites: Historic Environment Scotland, Open Government Licence v3.0. Check an entry on Historic Environment Scotland’s portal before relying on it.

Sources: Historic Environment Scotland designations (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary · Historic Environment Scotland conservation areas (compiled from councils; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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