This building is at the western corner of York Place and New Row and comprises 1-9 York Place and 41-45 New Row. It is a 4-storey grade B listed corner block built in1906/7 (George Penrose Kennedy Young), which features detailed carvings and signage typical of the John James Burnet Edwardian Baroque architectural movement. (Perth: Street by Street).
This B-listed building on York Place, originally the lodge for the 1836 Perth County and City Infirmary was built in 1840 to a design by William Donald Mackenzie, a Perth City Architect, who was responsible for a number of impressive public and domestic buildings within the city. The Infirmary is now the A K Bell Library. The Lodge was was built in a neo-classical style to harmonise with the main hospital building. It was moved and rebuilt on its present site on York Place in 1867. After being derelict for many years it was purchased and restored by the Perth…
John Buchan was born in 1875 at 20 York Place in Perth where his father was a minister. He became an author, best known for his novels “The Thirty-Nine Steps” and “Greenmantle”. He was member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities. Later he was created Lord Tweedsmuir when appointed Governor General of Canada. See also John Buchan at Perth Railway Station