1_West_Bridge_Street

1 West Bridge Street

1 West Bridge Street

Tollhouse in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK

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]

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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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References

  1. [1]
    1 West Bridge Street, Perth, Scotland – Historic Environment Scotland
  2. [2]
    "Civic History of Perth from Medieval Times". Perth Civic Trust. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    Leslie's directory for Perth and Kinross (1911)
  4. [4]
    J. S. Lees Grocers (Former) – Canmore.org.uk


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