The Fair Maid's House, Perth
DP 448062
Description The Fair Maid's House, Perth
Date 1/1/1894 to 31/12/1894
Collection Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 448062
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content A cobbled street lined with stone built cottages and houses, the one in the left foreground having a corner stair tower. There is an advertisement on the side wall featuring a kilted highlander, a face carved on the corbel, and a niche below. Once the Glovers' Hall, the house gained fame as the residence of Catherine Glover in Walter Scott's "The Fair Maid of Perth", published 1828. The niche at the corner of the building originally held a statue of the patron saint of glovers, St Bartholomew.
Accession Number 2024/57
External Reference 000-000-152-150-C, 000-000-152-150-R
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2770823
File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap
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