174, 176, 178 South Street, Perth is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 August 1977. Former chapel. 7 related planning applications.
174, 176, 178 South Street, Perth
- WRENN ID
- slow-timber-river
- 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
- Former chapel
- Address
- 174, 176, 178 South Street, Perth, PH2 8NY
- OS grid reference
- NO 116 234
- Coordinates
- 56.39508, -3.43284
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
174, 176, 178 South Street in Perth is a former Wesleyan Chapel built between 1814 and 1816. This three-storey, five-bay building features shops on the ground floor and is characterized by four multi-pane glazed openings on the first floor and four Gothic windows on the second floor. The exterior is made of harled rubble with raised margins, and there are three stair windows located in the far right bay. A central pend on the ground floor leads to a courtyard at the rear, which has later staircases serving the flats on the upper storeys. The rear of the building has irregular, non-traditional openings.
The windows are predominantly timber sash and case with multi-pane glazing, except for the pointed Gothic openings on the main elevation. The roof is slated, and it includes cast-iron ventilators and rainwater goods.
Inside, there is a row of three tapered Tuscan columns that support the remnants of a former raked gallery above, which has since been floored over.
Local climate
174, 176, 178 South 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 7 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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