Perth Sights

  1. JD Fergusson Gallery

    Within the original Perth waterworks building, aptly titled the Round House, the JD Fergusson Gallery contains the most extensive collection of work by notable Scottish Colourist and Perthshire local JD Fergusson. Pieces reflect heavy French (due to Fergusson's prolonged stay across the channel) and postimpressionist influences.

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  2. Scone Palace

    Decadent Scone Palace , 2 miles north of Perth and just off the A93 near Old Scone, was built in 1580 on a site intrinsic to Scottish history. It's one of Perthshire's premier tourist attractions. The interior is a gallery of historical treasures and fine French furniture, including Marie Antoinette's writing table and a 16th-century needlework hanging, worked by Mary, Queen of Scots.

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  3. St John's Kirk

    Daunting St John's Kirk, founded in 1126, is surrounded by cobbled streets and is still the centrepiece of the town. In 1559 John Knox preached a powerful sermon here that helped begin the Reformation, inciting a frenzied destruction of Scone abbey and other religious sites.

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