Highland House, 7 St Leonards Bank, Perth

Highland House, located at 7 St Leonards Bank in Perth, dates from around 1830. This two-storey, three-bay villa features a symmetrical design with a distinctive balustraded parapet. In 1897, a two-storey and attic single-bay extension was added to the rear. The principal elevation is finished in ashlar, while the other elevations are constructed from rubble with ashlar margins. The building has an eaves cornice and a wallhead balustrade, with some gabled attic dormers breaking the wallhead at the rear.

The principal elevation includes a single-storey, full-length parapetted portico supported by square-plan Doric columns. The central bay is advanced and features a balustrade with a pair of fluted Ionic columns. The entrance door is a non-traditional timber design with a rectangular fanlight above that has a circular glazing pattern. Flanking the entrance are tripartite windows with stone mullions and recessed aprons, and the upper floor window openings have moulded raised architraves.

The windows are predominantly plate glass and 12-pane timber sash and case. The roof is piended and covered with grey slates, and there are wallhead stacks with decorative cans.

Inside, as observed in 2009, the original room plan remains largely intact. There is a stone open-well stair with decorative iron balusters and a timber handrail, along with some decorative cornice and ceiling plasterwork. The internal entrance door is part-glazed, with two leaves and a fanlight above that mirrors the circular glazing pattern of the front door.

The property includes single-storey outbuildings to the southwest. Surrounding the building are boundary walls made of coped rubble to the north and south, a lower wall to the east with iron railings and a central decorative iron gate, and a painted rubble wall to the west featuring three square-plan gatepiers with near-flat capstones.