Area Programmes

The hospital was founded by Royal Charter in August 1569 to provide ‘by all honest ways and means, a Hospital for the poor, distressed persons and fatherless children in the burgh’.

The original hospital was destroyed by Cromwell and the foundation stone for the existing building laid in 1749.

The building was converted into flats in 1973 with the original Boardroom left intact.

Little Dunkeld Kirk was designed and built in 1798 by John Stewart of Dunkeld and is probably the fourth church on this site. A Celtic bell at the site, which the present minister is the Dewar or caretaker of, indicates the ancient origins of the church.

The church has a splendid location on the south bank of the Tay and an interesting graveyard with some mid-18th-century Adam and Eve headstones. The impressive interior houses the original canopied pulpit.

Guided tours provided by local experts.

The tour will take approximately 50 minutes and will be limited to six individuals at a time.

Pre-booking essential – please contact PKHT (01738) 477082.

5 Atholl Crescent is a fine Georgian building built in 1797, which has retained many original features, including a main staircase, fireplaces and distinctive entrance.

The building is home to the No.3 Masonic Lodge for Scoon and Perth. The Lodge possesses several historical documents, including the oldest dated 1658, which states that the Lodge had been in existence since the late-12th century. There is a purpose built Masonic Temple to the rear displaying several hand-painted murals by Thomas Hutchison Peddie.

Guided tour and talk at 14.00, 15.00, 16.00. Visitors can enjoy the fine interior, with historic artefacts held by the Lodge also on display.  Minor cost for refreshments with all proceeds going to local charities.

The Lower City Mills was designed by John Stewart in 1803 and built on the site of an earlier mill. This is one of three buildings that previously made up Perth’s City Mills and is a rare survival of similar mills that once operated in all Scottish burghs from the medieval period until the late 1890s.

Following closure in 1968, Perth and Kinross District Council carried out an extensive restoration completed in 1988. This repaired the water-wheel, and included craft workshops and a visitor’s centre. The building now serves as an area office for Visit Scotland.

Tours every hour, entry through Tourist Information Centre.

Wheelchair access to ground floor only.

Situated on The Cobbles in Kinnesswood is the weaver's cottage where Michael Bruce, the ‘Gentle Poet of Loch Leven’, was born in March 1746.

Exhibits explain the history of the village, parchment-making and weaving industries and the works of Michael Bruce whose Ode to the Cuckoo was described by Edmund Burke as "the most beautiful lyric in our language". Village car park accessed via Bruce Road, Kinnesswood.

Built in 1803-7 and designed by Robert Reid, as the Public Seminaries to house Perth Grammar School and Perth Academy, this building now houses the offices of Hardies Property and Construction Consultants. The building displays exceptional classical features, including Doric Roman style columns and an exterior clock face surmounted by a stone statue of Britannia completed in 1886.

A highlight of the interior is the octagonal first-floor room with domed ceiling, originally the principal room of the Academy.

Guided tours half hourly.

Pre-booking essential – please contact Hardies (01738) 631631.