Municipal Buildings, 1, 3 High Street, Perth is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 August 1977. Municipal building. 2 related planning applications.

Municipal Buildings, 1, 3 High Street, Perth

WRENN ID
wild-moulding-furze
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 August 1977
Type
Municipal building
Address
Municipal Buildings, 1, 3 High Street, Perth, PH1 5UN
OS grid reference
NO 120 236
Coordinates
56.39707, -3.42615
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Municipal Buildings, located at 1 and 3 High Street in Perth, were originally designed by Andrew Heiton between 1877 and 1879, with further work completed in 1881. The building suffered a fire in 1895 and was subsequently rebuilt and extended from 1895 to 1896 by Andrew Heiton and Grainger (A G Heiton). This structure showcases Victorian Gothic architecture and features stugged coursers.

The corner section of the building is two stories tall, with a prominent first floor and a slim circular turret. There is a corbelled oriel bay facing Tay Street and a balconied window on High Street. The remainder of the building is three stories high, with a four-story tower that transitions to an octagonal shape on High Street. Slim towers with tall pavilion roofs are present on Tay Street, and the windows on both fronts are grouped in pairs.

Local climate

Municipal Buildings, 1, 3 High Street, 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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