Old Photographs Marshall Place Perth Scotland

Old photograph of people, houses and church on Marshall Place by South inch Park in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This classical terrace was designed by Sir Robert Reid in 1801, and still under construction in early 1820. Robert Reid was born in Edinburgh on 8th November 1774 he was the principal Government architect in Scotland in the first half of the 19th Century. His career began with a design for the law Courts in Edinburgh in 1803. Eventually Robert Reid was given the title of King’s Architect and Surveyor in Scotland. Reid retired in 1839 and went to live at Lowood near Melrose in the Scottish Borders. He died in Edinburgh. His works include: St. George’s Church, Edinburgh; Law Courts, Parliament Square; the exterior shell of the Signet and Advocates’ Libraries, Edinburgh; Bank of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh; restoration work at Holyrood Palace; Custom House at Leith; Numbers. 33 to 46 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh; Perth Prison; Perth Academy in Rose Terrace; Numbers. 1 to 28 Marshall Place, Perth.




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