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Summary

Description

Mid 19th century. 3-storey, 4-bay symmetrical corner block, set back from street to S, returning 4-bays to E (King Street) and comprising office (No 5) and flats (No 4). Recessed 2-storey entrance-outshots to E and W and single storey extensions to rear (N). Coursed, tooled sandstone, with raised ashlar margins and channelled quoins; rubble to rear. Base course, eaves cornice. Corniced windows to 1st floor.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: to E and W: outshots with 4-panel timber entrance doors and rectangular fanlights above, set in moulded, lugged architraves. Narrow round-arched 1st floor windows above.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows to main elevation (S); 12-pane timber sash and case to E and N. Piended roof. Grey slates. Central ridge stack; other wallhead stacks.

INTERIOR: (No 5 seen 2009). Original room plan largely extant. Dog-leg stair with iron balusters and timber handrail. Some decorative cornices. One marble fire surround and other simple fire surrounds. 4-panel timber doors.

Statement of Special Interest

Part of an A-Group comprising: '1-3 (Inclusive Nos) King's Place and 1-3 (Inclusive Nos) King James Place and 55 and 57 King Street and Boundary Wall'; '4 and 5 King's Place'; '6 King's Place, Pedigree House'; 'Marshall Place, St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church and Halls (Church of Scotland), Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers'; '1-14 (Inclusive Nos) Marshall Place and 2 and 4 Nelson Street Including Boundary Walls And Railings'; '15-28 (Inclusive Nos) Marshall Place, 1 and 3 Nelson Street and 110 Scott Street Including Boundary Walls and Railings' and 'South Inch at Foot of King Street, Statue to Sir Walter Scott' (see separate listings).

This prominently sited corner building, facing the South Inch Park is a significant addition to the streetscape of this largely residential area of Perth. The channelled quoins and moulded architraves are a distinctive decorative element to the otherwise simple Classical street elevation.

The building lies to the West of 1-3 King's Place and 1-3 King James Place (see separate listing) Further East is the early 19th century terraces of Marshall Place (see separate listings) and although this building is of a later date, it continues the character of high quality residential building facing the South Inch Park.

List description updated at resurvey (2009).

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