Kinnoull
Kinnoull is a parish in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately half a mile northeast of Perth city centre. Beginning at the level of the River Tay, Kinnoull's terrain continues to rise as it continues southeast, culminating in Kinno ...
parish of
Perth
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, Scotland. A
cul-de-sac
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, it contains five properties (four
villa
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s and one double villa), each of which is of
listed
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status and dating from the 19th century. The street was designed specifically, in the mid-19th century, to take advantage of its viewpoint across the
River Tay
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, as was the case with the six villas in
Bridgend
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, a few hundred yards to the north. Noted architectural historian
Charles McKean
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observed that those with "money of the
9th
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century jostled for prime sites and views on Dundee Road and Kinnoull Terrace".
Several notable architects were used to design the properties, including Andrew Heiton and David Smart.
The three properties on the western side of the street each have gates in the communal boundary wall that runs along a stretch of the Dundee Road to the west;''Perth and Kinross'', John Gifford (2007), p. 655 however, the one for Langlands (formerly Murrayville), the northernmost of the three, has been filled in.
Several of the properties appear on maps of Perth from the 1860s.
Villas
;Western side
*2, Murrayville (now Langlands) – Category C listed
*4, Gaskhill – Category C listed
*6, Witchhill House – Category B listed
;Eastern side
*1–3,
Craigievar and Darnick
Craigievar and Darnick is an historic double villa in Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Kinnoull Terrace, it is a Category B listed building, built around 1870. The work of architect Andrew Heiton, who lived at the property upon it ...
(double villa) – Category B listed
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– Category C listed
Another, smaller property on the street was formerly the offices of John McLaren and Philip Russell Diplock, architects and planning consultants. Known as "the Den", it is Category C listed.
Architects
The architect of the double villa Craigievar and Darnick was Andrew Heiton, who also lived at the property upon its completion in 1870. It remained in the Heiton family until 1927, when
List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Perth, Scotland.
List
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