Description

Early 19th century. Three-storey, seven-bay tenement with pilastered timber fascia and dentiled cornice to ground (former public house). Painted ashlar with 1st floor cill course and moulded cornice at eaves. Alternating blind window openings to 1st and 2nd floors. 2-leaf timber panelled door to centre, flanked by asymmetrical arrangement of 'Tuscan¿ style pilasters between plate glass windows; further timber door to far right (serving flats above). Glass corridor links north (side) elevation to St John the Baptist Episcopal Church (see LB39308).

With 12-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows; plate glass to ground. Slate roof. Broad brick end stack. Clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

No 30-36 Princes Street is the oldest extant building on the east side of Princes Street, predating later development by at least 2 decades. It is an important part of the streetscape with closely set window arrangement at 1st and 2nd floors indicative of an early 19th century date. Its ground floor fascia of alternating timber pilasters and plate glass surmounted by a long uninterupted dentiled cornice is particularly notable. Perth is renowned for its surviving stock of substantially unaltered and well-detailed early shop fronts. No 30-36 contributes significantly to the eclectic run of buildings that form the East side of Princes Street. The ground floor was bought by the adjacent St John the Baptist Episcopal Church (see LB39308) and is now used as a meeting space linked to the church by an external glass corridor.

List Description updated at resurvey (2009).

Description and Statement of Special Interest section updated in 2019.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56645294

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)