Old Academy, Perth

The Old Academy is an historic building in Perth, Scotland. Located on Rose Terrace, overlooking the southern end of the North Inch, it is a Category A listed building, built between 1803 and 1807.[1][2] It was the home of Perth Academy between 1807 and 1932.

Old Academy
The building in 2003, exactly 200 years since construction on it began
Location6–7 Rose Terrace,
Perth, Scotland
Coordinates56.40019°N 3.43252°W / 56.40019; -3.43252
Built1803 to 1807, 215 years ago
ArchitectRobert Reid
Architectural style(s)Georgian
Listed Building – Category A
Designated20 May 1965
Reference no.LB39322
Shown in Perth

Perth's lord provost Thomas Hay Marshall was involved with its design, by Robert Reid, four years before his death.[3]

The building formerly housed the 1696-founded Perth Academy (at the time specialising mostly in Maths and the sciences), the Grammar (specialising in mostly Classics, History and Philosophy), the English School, the French school,[4] the Drawing and Painting school, and the Writing school. Together they were known as the public Seminaries.[2]

The building's balustraded parapet with a clock and statues of Britannia and a British Lion was added in 1886, the work of sculptor William Birnie Rhind.[5] His father, John Rhind, died in Perth three years later.

Andrew Granger Heiton made additions in 1907,[6] and Donald Alexander Stewart made alterations to the academy's preparatory department in 1908.[7]

Perth Academy moved to its current location, in the Viewlands area of the city, in 1932.[8]

See also
  • The Academy in context with the rest of Rose Terrace
  • The top half of the building. Britannia's trident was replaced as new around 2020[5]
  • Clock, statue of Britannia and British Lion, added in 1886

References
  1. THE OLD ACADEMY, 6, 7 ROSE TERRACE – Historic Environment Scotland
  2. The Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood (1849), p. 45
  3. "Anniversary of man who shaped Perth but died penniless" – Daily Record, 11 July 2008
  4. The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1 (1866), p. 205
  5. Small Grants – Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust
  6. Andrew Granger Heiton - Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  7. Donald Alexander Stewart - Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  8. Perth: The Postcard Collection, Jack Gillon (2020) ISBN 9781398102262
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