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Sir Walter Statue, King's Place, Perth

A Category C Listed Building in Perth, Perth and Kinross

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.392 / 56°23'31"N

Longitude: -3.4344 / 3°26'3"W

OS Eastings: 311545

OS Northings: 723115

OS Grid: NO115231

Mapcode National: GBR 1Z.18DB

Mapcode Global: WH6QC.6LTP

Plus Code: 9C8R9HR8+Q6

Entry Name: Sir Walter Statue, King's Place, Perth

Listing Name: South Inch at Foot of King Street, Statue to Sir Walter Scott

Listing Date: 26 August 1977

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384976

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB39337

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Statue of Walter Scott, Perth
Statue of Sir Walter Scott

ID on this website: 200384976

Location: Perth

County: Perth and Kinross

Town: Perth

Electoral Ward: Perth City Centre

Traditional County: Perthshire

Tagged with: Statue Monument

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Description

Cochrane Brothers, 1845. Corniced square-plan stone plinth raised on 2 plinths and surmounted by stone statue depicting Sir Walter Scott. Figure standing, facing N, swathed in toga, with right hand resting on broken column and with deerhound lying beside. Inscription to N reads SIR WALTER SCOTT BT 1771-1832.

Statement of Interest

Part of an A-Group comprising: '1-3 (Inclusive Nos) King's Place and 1-3 (Inclusive Nos) King James Place and 55 and 57 King Street and Boundary Wall'; '4 and 5 King's Place'; '6 King's Place, Pedigree House'; 'Marshall Place, St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church and Halls (Church of Scotland), Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers'; '1-14 (Inclusive Nos) Marshall Place and 2 and 4 Nelson Street Including Boundary Walls And Railings'; '15-28 (Inclusive Nos) Marshall Place, 1 and 3 Nelson Street and 110 Scott Street Including Boundary Walls and Railings' and 'South Inch at Foot of King Street, Statue to Sir Walter Scott' (see separate listings).

This prominent and well detailed statue by local sculptors, the Cochrane brothers, is an important part of the streetscape of this area of Perth. The statue celebrates the renowned novelist Sir Walter Scott, one of whose works was 'The Fair Maid of Perth', a novel published in 1828. The statue was bought by the Town Council at a sale of works, held by a local sculptor who was leaving the country. It was originally sited at the bottom of the High Street and was moved here in 1877.

List description updated at resurvey (2009).

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