Marshall Place is a prominent street in the Scottish city of

Perth, Perth and Kinross Perth (locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population of about 47,43 ...

. Commissioned in 1801, and today part of the A989, the Perth Inner Ring Road, it runs for about , from a roundabout it shares with

Tay Street Tay Street is a major thoroughfare, part of the A989 road, A989, in the Scottish city of Perth, Perth and Kinross, Perth, Perth and Kinross. Planned in 1806 and completed around 1885, it is named for the River Tay, Scotland's longest river, on ...

and Shore Road in the east to a merging with King's Place in the west. The street is named for

Thomas Hay Marshall Thomas Hay Marshall (1770 – 15 July 1808) was twice lord provost of Perth, Scotland. With a passion for Georgian architecture,lord provost of Perth in the early 19th century. Marshall and his father-in-law, Thomas Anderson (owner of the former

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lands), who were responsible for the construction of much of Georgian Perth, made the first steps in the creation of Tay Street in the late 18th century when they constructed Atholl Crescent and Atholl Street in the north and Marshall Place in the south.Civic History of Perth from Medieval Times
– Perth Civic Trust Marshall Place is now lined with townhouses built to take advantage of the view of the South Inch, of which it forms part of the northern boundary.

Notable locations

* St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church (Category A

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

) * Statue of Sir Walter Scott (Category C listed building) * 1–14 Marshall Place (Category B listed buildings) * 15–28 Marshall Place (Category B listed buildings)

Junctions

; From east to west * Princes Street * Nelson Street * Scott Street

References

{{reflist Streets in Perth, Scotland 19th-century establishments in Scotland