The house was chosen by Sir Walter Scott as the home of Catherine Glover, the heroine in his 1828 novel “The Fair Maid of Perth”. Scott had been shown round the oldest parts of Perth in his search for an authentic setting for his novel. In a similar fashion to his choice of the Hal O The Wynd house the story pre-dates the buildings. Some of the walls date from 1475 but most are from 1629 and the whole building was extensively renovated in 1893-4. For 150 years it was the meeting place of the Glovers Incorporation of Perth.
It now stands on North Port behind Perth Concert Hall. It house a visitor Centre (currently closed) and is part of the headquarters fo the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. The board across the road shown here is Panel 4 of the Perth Medieval Trail entitled ‘Outside the Burgh’ and replaces an earlier board (also pictured).
