City Hall, King Edward Street, Perth is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 August 1977. City hall. 12 related planning applications.

City Hall, King Edward Street, Perth

WRENN ID
strange-gargoyle-raven
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 August 1977
Type
City hall
Address
City Hall, King Edward Street, Perth, PH1 5UG
OS grid reference
NO 118 235
Coordinates
56.39591, -3.42944
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

City Hall, located on King Edward Street in Perth, was designed by H E Clifford and Lunan between 1909 and 1914 in a Renaissance style. The building is constructed of ashlar and features a tall single storey with a basement, and a hall clerestory that is set back above. It has symmetrical frontages, with the central section of the west front recessed. This section includes a three-bay coupled column Roman Ionic portico and three arched doorways within one-window side bays, which are adorned with broken pediments and side scrolls. The exterior is characterized by raised quoins, a modillioned eaves cornice, and a blocking course, with large-scale sculptures positioned above.

On the east front, there are five arched windows featuring triple keystones and aprons, while the north and south fronts each have five windows with broken pediments and aprons situated between channelled end bays that are supported by Ionic columns and lunette attics. Inside, the building has a galleried rectangular hall with five bays of lunettes and an arched ceiling.

Local climate

City Hall, King Edward 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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