St John's Shopping Centre is a shopping mall in

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. Situated between (and with entrances from) South Street (to the south), King Edward Street (to the east), Scott Street (to the west) and the pedestrianised section of the High Street (to the north), it was built between 1985 and 1987. It cost around £20 million.St John's Shopping Centre
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(1901) Its main entrance is that facing the Category B listed

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on King Edward Street, with Perth mercat cross standing between the two. Its construction meant the ancient St John's Square was demolished, with its residents relocated elsewhere in the city. The

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also previously stood in the market place, immediately across from the western door of

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, on the site of today's City Hall. The shopping centre was opened in March 1988 by Dr Willi Reiland, mayor for thirty years of Perth's twin town, Aschaffenburg, Germany."Farewell to Willi Reiland"
– '' Main-Echo'', 20 November 2015 The centre was once owned by Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster. It was purchased by the Universities Superannuation Scheme from

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Pension Funds in 2011. Session House, Perth, Scotland.jpg, Late 19th-century view of the now-demolished Session House, looking east to St John's Kirk

Clock

When renovations were undertaken in 1997, the shopping centre's astronomical clock, which was part of the building at its 1988 opening and was a feature for many years thereafter, was moved to Perth Leisure Pool, where it was visible only from the top of the flume tower. It stopped working the following year, and was moved into storage. In 2019, there was a movement to bring the clock back. It features two characters who appear on the hour mark and tell the story of

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''."Calls to bring back the iconic St John's Shopping Centre clock from Perth residents"
– '' Daily Record'', 14 June 2019 St John's Centre clock.png, The former St John's Centre clock

Stores

, St John's Shopping Centre contains 28 stores: *BB's Coffee & Muffins *

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*Café Central *

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* CeX * Claire's Accessories * Clintons * Ernest Jones *Fone Care *

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* M&Co. *M1 Clothing * O2 *

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* River Island *The Best in Leather *

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* The Works * Three * Timpson *

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* Waterstones

References

External links

*{{official, https://www.stjshopping.co.uk/ Shopping centres in Scotland Buildings and structures in Perth, Scotland 1988 establishments in Scotland Clocks in the United Kingdom