Scone Palace Park, Perth Racecourse, Main Stand is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 December 2013. Racecourse stand.

Scone Palace Park, Perth Racecourse, Main Stand

WRENN ID
vast-glass-falcon
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 December 2013
Type
Racecourse stand
OS grid reference
NO 109 271
Coordinates
56.42838, -3.44622
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Main Stand at Perth Racecourse, located in Scone Palace Park, was built around 1908. It is a two-storey, near symmetrical structure with 12 bays, featuring a glazed canopy, a central pediment with a clock, and open timber terracing. The stand overlooks the racecourse to the southwest and is constructed of timber with metal segmental arches above each bay. There are some balconies that have continuous timber balustrades surrounding them. A later two-storey extension and a covered stair have been added to the rear, on the northeast side.

The southwest elevation, or front, has central recessed, non-traditional part-glazed leaf doors at the ground level that lead into the interior of the stand, flanked by solid timber balustrades. Open terracing is present on both the right and left sides, with solid timber balustrades separating the sections. Each bay on the upper storey features three-part screens with timber aprons, plate glass in the center, and three-light top hoppers, all set behind metal segmental arches. There are also some two-leaf part-glazed timber doors that lead to the balconies.

The roof is covered with grey slates and features four decorative ridge vents. The front of the stand has predominantly timber fixed and top-hopper windows, while the rear has non-traditional replacement windows.

Inside, as seen in 2013, the original layout remains largely intact. It includes open, timber-lined bar areas and several individual timber-lined viewing boxes that overlook the racecourse.

Local climate

Scone Palace Park, Perth Racecourse, Main Stand 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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