Old Perth Academy, Rose Terrace, Perth is a Grade A listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 May 1965. Academy. 5 related planning applications.
Old Perth Academy, Rose Terrace, Perth
- WRENN ID
- frozen-spire-reed
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1965
- Type
- Academy
- Address
- Old Perth Academy, Rose Terrace, Perth, PH1 5HA
- OS grid reference
- NO 116 240
- Coordinates
- 56.4002, -3.43258
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Old Perth Academy, located on Rose Terrace in Perth, was designed by Robert Reid and completed in 1804. This building features two storeys and a basement, with a symmetrical five-window front made of ashlar stone and a rusticated ground floor. The central three bays are recessed and have arched tripartite windows on the ground floor, while the first floor showcases a coupled Roman Doric order. The end bays include fanlight doorpieces and arched tripartite windows on the first floor. A balustraded parapet, which includes a clock and a statue of Britannia sculpted by John Rhind in 1886, crowns the structure. Inside, the plain interior is highlighted by a notable domed octagonal classroom located at the rear.
Local climate
Old Perth Academy, Rose Terrace, Perth sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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