Gowrie House, 46-52 (Even Nos) North Methven Street, Pert is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 May 1965. Office block. 2 related planning applications.

Gowrie House, 46-52 (Even Nos) North Methven Street, Pert

WRENN ID
waning-panel-oak
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
Office block
Address
Gowrie House, 46-52 (Even Nos) North Methven Street, Pert, PH1 5TR
OS grid reference
NO 120 234
Coordinates
56.39533, -3.42597
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gowrie House, located at 46-52 North Methven Street in Perth, was built around 1865-70, likely by architect Andrew Heiton, and features a French Gothic style. This three-storey and attic office block has a nearly symmetrical façade. The centre has three recessed windows with a shallow oriel on the first floor. At the ground floor, there are segmental arch openings flanked by doors, while the ends have two windows each. The first floor features hood-moulded openings with bracketed balconies that have iron balustrades, and the second floor has shouldered openings. The end sections include bipartite windows. The building is topped with wallhead chimneys and a slated roof, which includes gabled dormers.

Local climate

Gowrie House, 46-52 (Even Nos) North Methven Street, Pert 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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