Georgian architecture Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I, George II, Georg ...

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...

Thomas Hay Marshall Thomas Hay Marshall (1770 – 15 July 1808) was twice lord provost of Perth, Scotland. With a passion for Georgian architecture,Civic History of Perth from Medieval Times
– Perth Civic Trust The couple lived at the corner of Rose Terrace and Atholl Street. Overlooking the southwestern edge of the

North Inch North Inch is a large public park in Perth, Scotland. About 54 hectares in size, it is one of two "Inches" in Perth, the other being the smaller, 31-hectare South Inch, located half a mile across the city. The inches were granted to the city, whe ...

, one of Perth's two large parks, Rose Terrace is the home of the

Old Academy The Academy (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαδημία) was founded by Plato in c. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years (367–347 BC) before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic p ...

, a Category A

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, built between 1803 and 1807.THE OLD ACADEMY, 6, 7 ROSE TERRACE
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It was the home of

Perth Academy Perth Academy is a state comprehensive secondary school in Perth, Scotland. It was founded in 1696. The institution is a non-denominational one. The school occupies ground on the side of a hill in the Viewlands area of Perth, and is within the P ...

between 1807 and 1932.''The Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood'' (1849), p. 45 File:Georgian Terrace facing North Inch (geograph 4891241).jpg, Looking north to Barossa Place File:Rose Terrace, Perth - geograph.org.uk - 7319.jpg, And south to Atholl Street

Map

File:Perth_map_of_1832.jpg, This 1832 map of Perth, by James Gardner, shows Rose Terrace as being fully formed, though not yet with a name

Notable buildings and structures

Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Rose Terrace, ordered from south to north. All six are listed buildings at

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.Rose Terrace
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*2 Atholl Street (corner property) *1–5 Rose Terrace *Old Academy, 6–7 Rose Terrace *8–12 Rose Terrace *13–16 Rose Terrace *17 Rose Terrace

References

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