1 West Bridge Street | |
Coordinates: | 56.3993°N -3.4235°W |
Location: | 1 West Bridge Street, Bridgend, Perth, Scotland |
Built: | c. |
Designation1: | Category C Listed Building |
Designation1 Date: | 26 August 1977 |
Designation1 Number: | LB39663 |
1 West Bridge Street is an historic building in the Bridgend area of Perth, Scotland. A former tollbooth building, it is a Category C listed building dating to around 1800[1] and is located on the southern side of the eastern end of Perth Bridge. The part of the building that curved around onto Commercial Street has been demolished.[1]
It was one of three toll houses in Perth, the others being on the Edinburgh and Dundee Roads (the latter being the Barnhill Tollhouse). A bye-law on the building's noticeboard specified that locomotives crossing the bridge had to be preceded by a flagbearer. The law was enacted after a locomotive with spiked wheels damaged the road surface.[2]
After its original use, it was J. I. Laing's fruiter, fishmonger and poulterer (as of 1911)[3] and J. S. Lees Fish & Poultry Shop later in its life.[4]