Description

Mid to late 18th century with later additions (see Notes). 2-storey and attic, 3-bay building with commercial premises to ground occupying prominent corner site. Painted rubble with raised margins and rusticated in-and-out quoins. Base course.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: pilastered doorpiece to centre flanked by plate glass windows. Moulded cornice between ground and 1st floor (returning to N elevation). 3 closely set windows at 1st floor abutting eaves with 3 canted dormers above.

N (CANAL STREET) ELEVATION: gable end with 2 windows to ground, 1st floor and attic. Further 2-storey, 2-bay addition to right (No 30) with non-traditional door to centre, flanked by enlarged opening to left and blind window to right; half-hipped roof. To W (rear) elevation: low timber door to full height, rounded turnpike stair tower at re-entrant angle.

Grey slate roof. Broad end stacks (chimney to Canal Street rebuilt in brick). Ashlar skews. Clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

33 and 35 Princes Street is a good example of 18th century building to the South of the city constructed after the removal of the medieval gateways to the town in 1766 and Perth's subsequent expansion and upgrading. It occupies a prominent corner site and forms an important part of the streetscape. The building adopts a traditional 3-bay, 2-storey form with closely set 1st floor fenestration adding to its interest and indicative of its early building date. It is understood to have served as a Temperance Hall during the 19th century. The West section (No 30 Canal Street) is an early 19th century addition, linked at upper levels by way of the turn-pike stair to the rear of the building. Canal Street follows the line of the medieval moat and South wall of the city (no longer extant).

List description updated at resurvey (2009).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56645290

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)