Gaskhill

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Gaskhill
Gaskhill 2024.jpg
Pictured in 2024
Location4 Kinnoull Terrace
Kinnoull
Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates 56°23′48″N3°25′16″W / 56.396647356°N 3.4211523°W / 56.396647356; -3.4211523
Builtmid-19th century
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated26 August 1977
Reference no.LB39534
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Shown in Kinnoull

Gaskhill is an historic villa in Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Kinnoull Terrace, it is a Category C listed building, built in the mid-19th century. [1] It is one of five listed properties on the street, denoted by Historic Environment Scotland as items of special interest. [1] Several of the properties appear on maps of Perth from the 1860s.

Along with the two other listed villas on its (the western) side of the street, it has a gate in the communal boundary wall that runs along a stretch of the Dundee Road to the west; [2] however, the one for Langlands has been filled in.

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinnoull Terrace Gaskhill (LB39534)" . Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. Perth and Kinross, John Gifford (2007), p. 655 ISBN   9780300109221