Now the Sandeman public house, the Sandeman Library stands on Kinnoull Street at its corner with Mill Street. In the entrance hall are a series of plaques to commemorate the establishment of the library in 1898.
Among them is a plaque dedicated to the founder Archibald Sandeman (1922-1893) Professor of Mathematics at Owens College, Manchester. The Sandeman room in the A.K. Bell library is so named in his memory.
A second plaque includes details of benefactors including Andrew Carnegie and Lord Forteviot both of whom gave books, not cash. Other Scots emigrates who made donations are named.
There are a number of decorative features on the building.
Charles D Francis
6 Oct 2024Is it open on Saturday 23 November 2024?
admin
12 Oct 2024The building is now a public house but retains many original features. Like most public houses it is open from 11am – 11pm every day.
Allan Jones
28 Sep 2026I have a book bearing a Sandeman Library sticker and a catalogue number (14174). How can I establish what that catalogue number means?
Allan Jones
28 Sep 2026A follow-up to my previous question. I am specifically trying to locate:
Sandeman Public Library accession register entry no. 14174, probably accessioned circa 1906, for James Paterson, Origin of the Scots and the Scottish Language (1855), formerly owned by Robert Scott Fittis. Did the Sandeman Library accession registers or catalogues pass to the A. K. Bell Library / Perth & Kinross Council Archive when the old library closed? Many thanks
admin
28 Sep 2026We would imagine that all catalogues were transferred to the A K Bell Library at the closure of the Sandeman. By now, they are probably archived upstairs in the A K Bell. I would ask there. Call in or email library@culturepk.org.uk