Area Programmes

This Episcopal Church was built in 1847 by John Hay. There are stained glass windows to view and interesting artefacts to see within, including a carved representation of the last supper.

Recitals of organ music will be played for visitors’ enjoyment and an exhibition about the Celtic history of the Church in Scotland will be on display.

Free parking available adjacent.

Dowally Kirk was erected in 1818 on the site of an earlier 16th-century church.

The bell and birdcage belfry came from the earlier building.

A church has stood on this site since at least the early 12th century giving rise to Perth’s alternative name St John’s Toun. Building work began on the present church in the mid-15th century, with the 155ft tower and octagonal spire completed by 1511.

It was here, in May 1559, that John Knox preached his sermon on the ‘sin of idolatry’, lighting the fuse of the Reformation in Scotland. The Kirk was restored by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1926 and is currently undergoing a major new renovation.

Architects plans and information about the project will be on display. As building works are on-going there will be restricted access to some areas of the Kirk.

Built between 1868 and 1870 by Andrew Heiton, St Mary’s is Gothic in style and consists of four-story buildings arranged in a U-plan.

It was the first Catholic monastery to be built in Scotland since the Reformation and commissioned for the Redemptorist Order, founded in Naples in 1696.

The exterior of the monastery has recently been restored and the Crypt has been refurbished as a small conference centre.

An exhibition of prints of other work by Andrew Heiton will be on display in the Crypt Gallery. Park on Hatton Road.

The first Episcopal Cathedral built in Britain after the Reformation; dedicated in 1850 and completed in 1890. The Cathedral has a thriving congregation and welcomes visitors to enjoy the notable architecture, stained glass windows and sculptures.

The Cathedral will be decorated for Harvest Thanksgiving, and displays will include vestments, plates, jewels, illuminated manuscripts, a model railway and a unique collection of postcards of old Perth.

The Cathedral Historian, Margaret Lye, will be in attendance to enlighten visitors about the building.

The Choral Scholars will give a short recital at lunchtime and there will be musical interludes throughout the day. Fair Trade and second-hand book stalls.

The Perth & Kinross Youth Orchestra will play jazz in the garden at 11.00 and 14.00. Limited parking in Cathedral yard.

The Fair Maid’s House is the oldest secular building in Perth and probably dates from the late-15th century. Located near the Blackfriars monastery, it was purchased in 1629 by the Glover Incorporation.

In 1828 Sir Walter Scott published his famous romance The Fair Maid of Perth with the fictional heroine of the story, Catherine Glover, said to have lived in the old Glover’s Hall.

In 1893 the building was substantially altered to conform to Scott’s story. With the adjoining Lord John Murray’s House, the building is now being renovated by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) to create a public geographical information and education centre for Scotland.

Visitors can view a display at the Lord John Murray House, the administrative headquarters of the Society, to learn more about the renovation plans.

Assisted wheelchair access to ground floor only.

The Glover’s Hall has been the meeting place of the Glover Incorporation of Perth for almost 150 years, which was originally based in the Fair Maid’s House.

The Glovers are one of the original incorporated trades of the burgh, whose existence can be traced back to the time of the Royal Charter in 1210. The hall contains a variety of historical artefacts relating to the Incorporation.

Visitors to the Hall, which has recently been redecorated in the style of the mid-19th century, can learn about the Incorporation’s historic links with the city.

The Hall is located on the first floor, no wheelchair access.

The Library Room of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science (PSNS) has been housed in Perth Museum and Art Gallery since the 1930s. The Society was founded in 1867 with the aim of encouraging research and recording in the natural sciences of Perth and Perthshire, and to establish a museum to hold the Society’s collections.

The library formed part of a new museum and gallery opened in 1934, extending the prominent domed Marshall Monument, and replacing the former museum on Tay Street, which had been gifted to Perth Town Council in 1903.

The Library Room is furnished in mahogany and has a fine stained glass window incorporating the emblem of the Society – the alpine mountain daisy and motto in Greek ‘Prove all’.

Information about the society will be available and members will be on hand to answer visitor’s questions.

The Royal Perth Golfing Society and County & City Club was founded in 1824 and received royal patronage from King William IV in 1833.

A Private Members organisation, it was the first golf club to be accorded Royal patronage. The Club is situated in the fine 18th-century Atholl Crescent and overlooks the North Inch.

Visitors will have the opportunity to join guided tours of the premises.

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