Description

James Miller, 1924. Predominantly 2-storey and attic, L-plan, red brick block in late Stuart, Neo-Georgian manner, located in narrow lane at the W side of Princes Street. Regular fenestration. S (principal) Elevation: 7-bay with architraved and segmentally pedimented doorpiece to centre; moulded timber cornice; returning at W wing with 3 pairs of timber French doors to ground. Voussoired red-brick windowheads with pale sandstone ashlar keystones to ground; brick cills to 1st floor. E elevation: 3-bay with further projecting 3-storey corner tower to NE angle with chamfered stack and steeply pitched mansard roof. Further 3-storey, flat-roofed section to NW angle.

8 flat-roofed dormers on main block; 2 on west-wing. Further 8 on rear (N) elevation, all with multi-pane casement windows.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows to principal elevations. Predominantly 8-pane glazing to irregularly fenestration rear (N) elevation and large stair window to centre. Grey slate. Tall brick coped end stack to W wing. Cast iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

Greyfriars House is designed in a distinctive Neo-Georgian manner which is uncommon in the wider Perth area. Set back from the street at right angles with a courtyard to the front, it is characterised by its use of unusual purplish-red brick and simple classic Georgian treatment. The use of brick as a building material an a non-industrial context in Perth is unusual. It was built as a hostel for the homeless by prolific locally born architect James Miller (with Richard Gunn as chief assistant) for Lord Forteviot (John Alexander Dewar, Lord Provost of Perth and first of the Scottish 'Whiskey Barons'). Millar is best known for his many commercial Glasgow buildings. Greyfriars House was possibly the inspiration for the similar Model Lodging House in Skinnergate by Erskine Thomas and Glass (1927). A pram shed was added to the W elevation by Millar in 1925. Previously known as Princes Street House, the building continues to provide short-stay accommodation for homeless people.

List description updated at resurvey (2009).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56645292

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)