St John's Kirk

St John's Kirk is a Parish church in the Scottish city of Perth, Perth and Kinross, located in St John's Place, just southeast of the city centre. It stands on the former site of a church dating to 1126. Today's structure, built around 1448, is a Category A listed building. The church is most noted for being the site of John Knox's 1559 sermon against idolatry, which began the Scottish Reformation. Perth was originally called St Johns Toun (or Saint Johnstoun), after John the Baptist, to whom the church is dedicated. The church is bounded by St John's Place to the north (fed by Kirkgate) and south (as South St John's Place, fed by St Ann's Lane), St John Street to the east and Flesher's Vennel to the west.

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Bank of Scotland (Perth, Scotland)

Bank of Scotland is an historic building in Perth, Scotland. Designed by David Rhind, the building is a Category A listed structure dating to 1846. Located at 48–50 St John Street, it has also been a Central Bank.

Perth Museum

Perth Museum is the principal museum in the city of Perth in central Scotland. Opening in 2024 in the former Perth City Hall building, the museum took on a number of exhibits from the former Perth Museum and Art Gallery. It also provides a permanent exhibition space for the Stone of Scone, the United Kingdom's coronation stone, which originated nearby in the Perthshire village of Scone – the ancient crowning place of the monarchs of Scotland. The museum aims to showcase the city's collections as well as recognising Perth's status as a former capital of the Kingdom of Scotland. The museum's building is located adjacent to the historic St John's Kirk, facing onto King Edward Street and accessed from St John's Place. Opened in 1914 the City Hall provided an events space, before being closed in 2005 with the construction of the Perth Concert Hall.

Perth City Hall

Perth City Hall is a civic building in King Edward Street, Perth, Scotland. Built in 1914, it is a Category B listed building. The building served as a music hall before closing in 2005 and being replaced by Perth Concert Hall. Major renovations began in 2018 which included the introduction of a museum in part of the building. It reopened on 30 March 2024 as the new home of Perth Museum, with the Stone of Destiny as one of the flagship items on display.

McEwens

McEwens (originally known as James McEwen & Co.) was a department store located in the Scottish city of Perth. Specialising in homeware, it was established in March 1868, and was in business for nearly 150 years. It closed in March 2016, along with its branches in Oban and Ballater, with the loss of over 100 jobs. Its store location, at 56 St John Street, was taken over in 2017 by Beales, an English department-store chain, but that has also since closed. McEwens had a second location in Perth, at 29–37 South Street, a short distance from the St John's Street location. The store's outbuildings, on Perth's Watergate, were proposed for demolition in 2019, to be replaced by housing.