Description

Circa 1835. 2-storey, 3- x 3-bay Classical villa on prominent corner site. Painted tooled, squared and coursed rubble with smooth margins; concrete harl to rear. Eaves course and cornice. Blocking course to central bay. Raised cills.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: PRINCIPAL ELEVATION TO W: slight advanced central bay with 9-panel timber entrance door with 6-pane, lozenge-shape glazing pattern to fanlight above. Pilastered, corniced doorpiece with balcony above with decorative metal railing. Shallow Doric pilasters to outer bays. Later external slatted timber shutters.

ELEVATION TO S: blind window openings to left bay.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended roof. Grey slates. Coped wallhead and ridge stacks.

INTERIOR: (seen 2009): original room plan largely extant. Hallway with part-glazed timber door with sidelights. Curved staircase with decorative iron balusters and timber handrail. Some simple, decorative plasterwork cornicing.

BOUNDARY WALLS: to S, W and N. Low, coped rubble walls to S and E surmounted by later metal railings. Taller, coped rubble wall to N.

Statement of Interest

This is a prominently-sited corner villa which is a significant addition to the streetscape of this residential area of Perth. The villa has simple decorative detailing in the pilastered doorpiece and the outer bay pilasters. The upper floor windows sit close to the wallhead and are indicative of its early date.

The Southern sections of King Street and James Street were laid out in a grid pattern in 1803, to accommodate expansion of the city. The land had previously been a garden for the King James Hospital, which is situated immediately to the North (see separate listing). Individual plots were then feued for housing in 1830. Conditions of the feu meant that all the houses had to be set back at a certain distance from the street, with their gardens to the front. Most of the houses, including this one, are apparent in the 1837 Map.

Category changed from B to C(S) and list description updated at resurvey (2009).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56645225

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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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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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)