The Old Ship Inn

The Old Ship Inn is a public house in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. While the current building is late Victorian, an Old Ship Inn has been on the site since at least 1665. Although its address is given as High Street, its entrance on the medieval Skinnergate is more notable. The inn's name references its proximity to Perth's original harbour, which lay at the end of the High Street. The inn was close to the original Perth mercat cross, beside which Bonnie Prince Charlie proclaimed James III as his father. The mercat cross was moved when it was rebuilt. The first recorded owners of the pub were the Menzies. They were followed by the Campbells, the McFarlanes, the Chalmers and the Stewarts. The pub has been owned by Belhaven Brewery.

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Cunningham–Graham Close

Cunningham–Graham Close is a historic building in Perth, Scotland. Located at 13–17 High Street, it is a Category B listed building, built in 1699. It is the oldest continually inhabited building in the city, and one of the few remaining that pre-date the Georgian new town remodelling of the city centre. A monogram with the carving "RG, EC" and its year of construction is located above the entrance to the close. These initials refer to Robert Graham and Elspeth Cunningham, for whom the building is named. The building is three storeys and an attic. In 2016, a project that renovated the property won the biennial Perth Civic Trust Award.

Municipal Buildings, Perth

The Municipal Buildings are a municipal facility at Nos. 1, 3 and 5 High Street, Perth, Scotland. The facility is a Category B listed building.

Perth Middle Church

Perth Middle Church is a former church building located in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Standing on Tay Street, at its junction with George Inn Lane, it is adjoined to the south by Perth's Municipal Buildings. It was completed in 1887, the work of Hippolyte Blanc, and is now a Category B listed building.

Royal George Hotel, Perth

The Royal George Hotel (also known as The Royal George) is a hotel and restaurant in Perth, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building dating to 1773. Its main entrance is on George Street, though its Tay Street frontage, overlooking the River Tay, is more well known. It is named for George III. It adjoins a reputed section of Perth City Walls. Notable visitors to the hotel include Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, her husband, Albert, Prince Consort, and their children, who stayed there on 29 September 1848, during their journey south after holidaying at Balmoral Castle. (William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, was out of town and, thus, they were unable to stay at Scone Palace, just under two miles to the north.) It was Victoria's first time staying in a hotel. After breakfast at the hotel the following morning, the family left for Carlisle on the recently built Scottish Central Railway. Then named The George Inn, the business was renamed The Royal George Hotel in her honour. (The street adjacent to the property on its southern side is named George Inn Lane.) Both the Royal Warrant and two lamps from the room the monarch slept in are still in the hotel today. Queen Victoria returned to Perth in 1864 to unveil a statue of her husband, who died three years earlier, at the North Inch. Local architect Donald Alexander Stewart, in partnership with Robert Matthew Mitchell, undertook some reconstruction work on the hotel in 1927. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, dined at the hotel in 2003. The hotel has 45 rooms. The hotel regularly host events for right and far-right UK political parties, including events for the Scottish Conservatives, the launch of the British National Party Holyrood Manifesto in 2011, and the Reform UK Scottish Party Conference in 2024.