1 West Bridge Street Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB39663 1 West Bridge Street, Perth, Scotland
  2. Web site: Civic History of Perth from Medieval Times. Perth Civic Trust. 2 December 2021.
  3. https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8573/85730416.6.pdf Leslie's directory for Perth and Kinross (1911)
  4. https://canmore.org.uk/event/904119 J. S. Lees Grocers (Former)