Kinnoull Terrace is a street in the Kinnoull parish of Perth, Scotland. A cul-de-sac, it contains five properties (four villas and one double villa), each of which is of listed status and dating from the 19th century. The street was specifically designed, in the mid-19th century, to take advantage of its viewpoint across the River Tay, as was the case with the six villas in Bridgend, a few hundred yards to the north. Noted architectural historian Charles McKean observed that those with "money of the [19th] century jostled for prime sites and views on Dundee Road and Kinnoull Terrace".[1]
 View of St Matthew's Church (middle) and the 15th-century St John's Kirk from Bowerswell Road, which adjoins Kinnoull Terrace | |
| Location | Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland |
|---|---|
| North end | Bowerswell Road |
Several notable architects were used to design the properties, including Andrew Heiton and David Smart.[2]
The three properties on the western side of the street each have gates in the communal boundary wall that runs along a stretch of the Dundee Road to the west;[2] however, the one for Langlands (formerly Murrayville), the northernmost of the three, has been filled in.
Several of the properties appear on maps of Perth from the 1860s.[3]
Villas edit
- Western side
- 2, Murrayville (now Langlands) – Category C listed[4]
- 4, Gaskhill – Category C listed[5]
- 6, Witchhill House – Category B listed[6]
- Eastern side
- 1–3, Craigievar and Darnick (double villa) – Category B listed[7]
- 5, Somerset – Category C listed[8]
Another, smaller property on the street was formerly the offices of John McLaren[9] and Philip Russell Diplock,[10] architects and planning consultants. Known as "the Den", it is Category C listed.[11]
Architects edit
The architect of the double villa Craigievar and Darnick was Andrew Heiton,[12] who also lived at the property upon its completion in 1870.[7] It remained in the Heiton family until 1927, when Andrew Granger Heiton's widow, Catherine, sold it.[13] David Smart designed Witchhill House, which was completed around 1860.[6][14]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Perth & Kinross: An Illustrated Architectural Guide, Nick Haynes and Charles McKean (2000), p. 45 ISBN 9781873190128
- ^ a b Perth and Kinross, John Gifford (2007), p. 655 ISBN 9780300109221
- ^ "Kinnoull Conservation Area Appraisal" – Perth and Kinross Council
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Murrayville (LB39533)". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Gaskhill (LB39534)". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Witchhill House (LB39535)". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Craigievar and Darnick (LB39536)". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Somerset (LB39537)". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ John Scott McLaren – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
- ^ Philip Russell Diplock – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinnoul Terrace, the Den (LB39532)". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Craigievar and Darnick – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
- ^ Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (1927), p. 385
- ^ Villa, 6 Kinnoull Terrace – Dictionary of Scottish Architects