St Leonard's Parish Church, King Street, Perth is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 May 1965. Former church. 4 related planning applications.
St Leonard's Parish Church, King Street, Perth
- WRENN ID
- inner-granite-clover
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1965
- Type
- Former church
- OS grid reference
- NO 115 233
- Coordinates
- 56.39429, -3.43505
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Leonard's Parish Church, located on King Street in Perth, was designed by W M Mackenzie and constructed between 1834 and 1836, with later additions by James Smart in 1891. This former church has a rectangular plan and features a Neo-Classical style, topped with a pedestal and a rotunda inspired by the Lysicratic Choragic Monument. The principal (east) elevation is finished in polished ashlar, with the lower section channelled, while the sides and rear are constructed from rubble.
The east elevation includes steps leading up to three tall, narrow, two-leaf timber doors set in round-arched doorpieces, each with fanlights and moulded over-arches. Above the doors, horizontal recessed panels indicate an attic space. A cornice and blocking course complete the top of the elevation. The roof features a central pedestal flanked by swept consoles with scroll carvings, and above it is a blocked rotunda supported by Corinthian columns, topped with a moulded cap and a floral-type finial at the apex.
The north and south side elevations display two tiers of fenestration, with round-arched windows in the upper tier. The rear (apse) elevation features a rose window flanked by full-height round-arched windows in the canted angles.
Inside, the church was recast and extended in 1891 with the addition of an apse. Slender cast-iron columns support a D-plan gallery, which now has a later suspended ceiling. The upper level contains raked fitted timber pews. The stained glass is predominantly from around 1836, featuring resurrection scenes on the left wall, while the apse contains later geometric patterned glass, likely from 1891.
Local climate
St Leonard's Parish Church, King 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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