Kinnoull Terrace

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Kinnoull Terrace
2003-06-07 - View from Bowerswell Road.jpg
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

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 designed specifically, 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]

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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

A c. 1903 view from the Perth side of the River Tay. While many of the riverfront buildings here are now gone, the villas on Kinnoull Terrace are visible on the right, just above the level of the Dundee Road Bridgend, Perth, 1903.jpeg
A c. 1903 view from the Perth side of the River Tay. While many of the riverfront buildings here are now gone, the villas on Kinnoull Terrace are visible on the right, just above the level of the Dundee Road
Western side
Eastern side

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

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]

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Witchhill House is an historic villa in Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Kinnoull Terrace, it is a Category B listed building, built around 1860. Designed by David Smart, it is one of five listed properties on the street, denoted by Historic Environment Scotland as items of special interest. Several of the properties appear on maps of Perth from the 1860s.

Craigievar and Darnick is an historic double villa in Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Kinnoull Terrace, it is a Category B listed building, built around 1870. The work of architect Andrew Heiton, who lived at the property upon its completion, it is one of five listed properties on the street, denoted by Historic Environment Scotland as items of special interest. Several of the properties appear on maps of Perth from the 1860s.

Somerset is an historic villa in Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Kinnoull Terrace, it is a Category C listed building, built around 1868. It is one of five listed properties on the street, denoted by Historic Environment Scotland as items of special interest. Several of the properties appear on maps of Perth from the 1860s.

References

  1. ↑ Perth & Kinross: An Illustrated Architectural Guide, Nick Haynes and Charles McKean (2000), p. 45 ISBN   9781873190128
  2. 1 2 Perth and Kinross, John Gifford (2007), p. 655 ISBN   9780300109221
  3. ↑ "Kinnoull Conservation Area Appraisal" – Perth and Kinross Council
  4. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Murrayville (LB39533)" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Gaskhill (LB39534)" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Witchhill House (LB39535)" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Craigievar and Darnick (LB39536)" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Somerset (LB39537)" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ↑ John Scott McLaren – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  10. ↑ Philip Russell Diplock – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  11. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinnoul Terrace, the Den (LB39532)" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Craigievar and Darnick – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  13. ↑ Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (1927), p. 385
  14. ↑ Villa, 6 Kinnoull Terrace – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
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