King James Vi Hospital, Hospital Street, Perth

King James VI Hospital, located on Hospital Street in Perth, dates back to 1750 and was built under the supervision of Baille Robertson and Deacon Gardiner. This exceptional former infirmary and school features a four-storey and attic H-plan design, with a five-bay pedimented central block and two-bay gabled wings, flanked by seven-bay east and west sides. The building is constructed from greywash harled rubble, accented with raised ashlar margins and quoins at the corners. The open pediments above the eaves of the main block and wings add to its architectural interest. The windows are regularly spaced, and the attic is illuminated by small paired windows in the gable ends.

At the center of the main block, there is a prominent octagonal cupola made of timber and lead, which has a splayed base. This cupola features round-arched arcading with Gothic-astragalled windows on its cardinal faces, clock dials above, and an ogee dome topped with a copper weathervane. The north gable ends of the wings have single-storey piend-roofed outshots.

On the south (garden) elevation, there is a pedimented Roman Doric doorpiece, which is now a window, located at the center. This doorpiece is flanked by columns and has a triglyphed entablature, with an inscribed date panel from 1750 positioned above it, between the fourth floor and the attic. The north (entrance) elevation features a 19th-century pedimented and pilastered doorpiece at the center, with a moulded and lugged architrave above a window that has a carved human head cartouche. A plaque inscribed 'Founded by King James VI 1587' is located between the third and fourth floors. There is also a former turnpike stair that bows out at the northwest re-entrant angle.

The windows are timber sash and case, with 12-pane glazing, while the fourth storey has 9-pane glazing. The roof is covered with grey slate and features coped end and ridge stacks with clay cans, shouldered skews, and cast-iron rainwater goods.

The interior was refurbished for conversion to flats between 1974 and 1975. Surrounding the building is a low coped boundary wall with cast-iron railings and gates. A screen wall extends north from the west gable outshot, featuring a segmental-arched opening at its center. In the northeast corner of the grounds, there is a monument with a royal crown cap that commemorates the Carthusian Monastery founded by King James I on this site in 1429.