The Old Ship Inn Explained

The Old Ship Inn
Building Type:Public house
Address:31 High Street, Perth
Perth and Kinross
Location Country:Scotland
Coordinates:56.3971°N -3.4279°W
Completion Date:late 19th century
Destruction Date:-->
Public Transit: Perth

The Old Ship Inn is a public house in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. While the current building is late Victorian, an Old Ship Inn has been on the site since at least 1665.[1] [2] Although its address is given as High Street, its entrance on the medieval Skinnergate is more notable.[3] The inn's name references its proximity to Perth's original harbour, which lay at the end of the High Street.[4]

The inn was close to the original Perth mercat cross, beside which Bonnie Prince Charlie proclaimed James III as his father. The mercat cross was moved when it was rebuilt.

The first recorded owners of the pub were the Menzies. They were followed by the Campbells, the McFarlanes, the Chalmers and the Stewarts.

The pub has been owned by Belhaven Brewery.

Notes and References

  1. https://oldshipinnperth.co.uk/ Old Ship Inn official website
  2. http://www.perthcivictrust.org.uk/staging/?page_id=480 Civic History of Perth from Medieval Times
  3. Perth & Kinross: A Pocket Miscellany, Trish Colton (Tippermuir Books, 2019}
  4. https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst90023.html Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland