Perth Sheriff Court
Sir Robert Smirke, 1819. Exceptional, single-storey, E-plan Greek Revival Courthouse with monumental Greek-Doric octostyle pedimented portico with 10 pillar colonnade. Pale polished sandstone ashlar to principal elevations. Base course; entablature with triglyphed frieze; eaves cornice and blocking course.
An outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture by the eminent London-based architect Robert Smirke, designer of the British Museum and the Royal College of Physicians in Trafalgar Square amongst many other notable commissions. His Greek Revival treatment of the Perth Sheriff Court provides a majestic contribution to the streetscape facing the River Tay. Built at the substantial cost of £32,000, it was designed to house the Justiciary and Sheriff Courts with the County Hall/Assembly Room in its S wing. The monumental pillars were originally destined for Broomhill House in Fife as part of an unexecuted portico there.
Perth Sheriff Court
Sir Robert Smirke, 1819. Exceptional, single-storey, E-plan Greek Revival Courthouse with monumental Greek-Doric octostyle pedimented portico with 10 pillar colonnade. Pale polished sandstone ashlar to principal elevations. Base course; entablature with triglyphed frieze; eaves cornice and blocking course.
An outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture by the eminent London-based architect Robert Smirke, designer of the British Museum and the Royal College of Physicians in Trafalgar Square amongst many other notable commissions. His Greek Revival treatment of the Perth Sheriff Court provides a majestic contribution to the streetscape facing the River Tay. Built at the substantial cost of £32,000, it was designed to house the Justiciary and Sheriff Courts with the County Hall/Assembly Room in its S wing. The monumental pillars were originally destined for Broomhill House in Fife as part of an unexecuted portico there.