Municipal Buildings, Perth

The building stands on the site formerly occupied by the Old Chapel of Our Lady. The facility replaced the old city chambers, which had been completed at the east end of the High Street, close to the River Tay, in 1696. After the old city chambers became very dilapidated, civic leaders decided to procure new municipal buildings on the site.

The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the Earl of Kinnoull with full masonic honours in 1878. The building was designed by Andrew Heiton and Andrew Granger Heiton in the Gothic Revival style and completed in 1881. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with six bays facing High Street; the central section featured a gabled doorway on the ground floor; there was a tall window on the first floor with coat of arms and a turret above; there was also a slim tower at the south east corner of the building which was based on the design of the tower of the chapel at St Mary's Monastery, Kinnoull, which had also been designed by Andrew Heiton. The municipal buildings were…