1 County Place, 79 South Methven Street, Perth is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 August 1977. Corner block. 1 related planning application.

1 County Place, 79 South Methven Street, Perth

WRENN ID
rooted-gateway-vetch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 August 1977
Type
Corner block
Address
1 County Place, 79 South Methven Street, Perth, PH2 8EE
OS grid reference
NO 115 234
Coordinates
56.39543, -3.43474
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

1 County Place, located at 79 South Methven Street in Perth, is a mid 19th century building featuring two stories and an attic. It has a six by four bay corner layout with shops on the ground floor. The exterior is made of painted rubble with raised contrasting margins and an eaves band. The shop fronts have been altered, and there are piended canted dormers on the east side facing South Methven Street, along with non-traditional doors.

The building predominantly has 12-pane timber sash and case windows, while Nos 73 and 75 feature plate glass timber sash and case windows. The ground floor has plate glass windows. The roof is covered with grey slates and includes a gable stack, with raised skews on the east side.

Local climate

1 County Place, 79 South Methven 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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