Old Academy, Perth

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Old Academy
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The building in 2003, exactly 200 years since construction on it began
Location6–7 Rose Terrace,
Perth, Scotland
Coordinates 56°24′01″N3°25′57″W / 56.40019°N 3.43252°W / 56.40019; -3.43252 Coordinates: 56°24′01″N3°25′57″W / 56.40019°N 3.43252°W / 56.40019; -3.43252
Built1807(216 years ago) (1807)
Architect Robert Reid
Architectural style(s) Georgian
Listed Building – Category A
Designated20 May 1965
Reference no.LB39322
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Shown in Perth

The Old Academy is an historic building in Perth, Scotland. Located on Rose Terrace, overlooking the southern end of the North Inch, it is a Category A listed building, built between 1803 and 1807. [1] [2] It was the home of Perth Academy between 1807 and 1932.

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Perth's lord provost Thomas Hay Marshall was involved with its design, by Robert Reid, four years before his death. [3]

The building formerly housed the 1696-founded Perth Academy (at the time specialising mostly in Maths and the sciences), the Grammar (specialising in mostly Classics, History and Philosophy), the English School, the French school, [4] the Drawing and Painting school, and the Writing school. Together they were known as the public Seminaries. [2]

The building's balustraded parapet with a clock and statues of Britannia and a British Lion was added in 1886, the work of sculptor William Birnie Rhind. [5] His father, John Rhind, died in Perth three years later.

Andrew Granger Heiton made additions in 1907, [6] and Donald Alexander Stewart made alterations to the academy's preparatory department in 1908. [7]

Perth Academy moved to its current location, in the Viewlands area of the city, in 1932. [8]

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References

  1. THE OLD ACADEMY, 6, 7 ROSE TERRACEHistoric Environment Scotland
  2. 1 2 The Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood (1849), p. 45
  3. "Anniversary of man who shaped Perth but died penniless" Daily Record , 11 July 2008
  4. The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1 (1866), p. 205
  5. 1 2 Small Grants – Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust
  6. Andrew Granger Heiton - Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  7. Donald Alexander Stewart - Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  8. Perth: The Postcard Collection, Jack Gillon (2020) ISBN   9781398102262