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Capital Asset in Tay Street
Commerce

Capital Asset in Tay Street

The building at number 26 Tay Street, built in 1874 to a design by Andrew Heiton Jnr, is now occupied by the Capital Asset, a Wetherspoon pub. Formerly it was the Trustee Savings Bank. The presence of the City of Perth Coat of Arms on the wall outside is a reminder of the local  nature of the early bank, before various amalgamations resulted in it becoming part of a nationwide organisation. Trustee Saving Banks were set up on democratic and philanthropic principles and overseen by trustees appointed from the locality. Due to a number of bank failures, after 1871 Trustee…

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03/10/2023
The Old Ship Inn
1000-1603 AD / Commerce

The Old Ship Inn

A notice board suggests an Old Ship Inn has been on this site in the Skinnergate since Medieval times. The present building is described by Gifford as late-Victorian. The Inn was close to the Old Mercat Cross where presumably there were lots of customers on market days. The building also displays a series of boards showing mock newspaper headlines relating to events occurring within the life-time of the public house.

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02/10/2023
Radisson Blue Station Hotel
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Radisson Blue Station Hotel

Opened in 1890 when Perth was a busy railway hub for Scotland, the Station Hotel just opposite the station entrance was designed by Andrew Heiton. It is now the Radisson Blue Hotel. On its wall it bears the Coat of Arms of Perth.

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02/10/2023
Railway Station – William Downie
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Railway Station – William Downie

William Downie’s 2006 retiral plaque is on platform 5. He is described as being the last of the “time served locking fitters” showing how the skills needed by railway employees had changed.

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01/10/2023
Railway Station Secret Garden
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Railway Station Secret Garden

Perth Station even has a Secret Garden located to the left of the main entrance, on platform 2 and 3/4(!). It is run by the volunteers of Perth Station Garden Club – see their Facebook page.

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30/09/2023
Railway Station – Clocks
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Railway Station – Clocks

Large ornate clocks are prominent on platforms 4 and 5. These are the original clocks made by J.A. Ritchie of Edinburgh who was also responsible for the floral clock in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.

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29/09/2023
Railway Bridges
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Railway Bridges

The railway bridge over King’s Place is dated 1849 which is also the date of first wooden bridge over the Tay allowing the completion of the line to Dundee. The railway bridges over King Street and Princes Street have explanatory information boards on the street underneath.

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27/09/2023
Pullar House
1774-1901 AD / Commerce / War Memorials

Pullar House

Pullar House at numbers 35-49 Kinnoull Street and occupying much of Mill Street as well, contains the offices of Perth and Kinross Council. Before conversion in 1999/2000 this building was Pullars of Perth, an extensive dyeworks owned by the Pullar family. A plaque commemorating the Jubilee in 1898 of the service of Sir Robert Pullar, son of the founder of the business. The business was founded in Burt Close in 1824. A second plaque records those employees who lost their lives in the two wars. This is another example of businesses recording the names of fallen colleagues as also did…

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26/09/2023
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