Witchhill House

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Witchhill House
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Shown in Kinnoull
Location6 Kinnoull Terrace
Kinnoull
Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates 56°23′47″N3°25′16″W / 56.39635422°N 3.4212367°W / 56.39635422; -3.4212367 Coordinates: 56°23′47″N3°25′16″W / 56.39635422°N 3.4212367°W / 56.39635422; -3.4212367
Builtc.1860
Architect David Smart
Listed Building – Category B
Designated26 August 1977
Reference no.LB39535

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. [1] [2] Designed by David Smart, 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; [3] however, the one for Langlands has been filled in.

Witchhill Quarry, which formerly stood on the site of Kinnoull Terrace, was the source of much of the stone used in Perth's buildings from the 19th century onwards. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Kinnoul Terrace Witchhill House (LB39535)" . Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. Villa, 6 Kinnoull Terrace – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  3. Perth and Kinross, John Gifford (2007), p. 655 ISBN   9780300109221
  4. "Kinnoull Conservation Area Appraisal"Perth and Kinross Council