Talk:Gowrie House (Perth, Scotland)

1527

@Unoquha: Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes (published in 1907) states that Gowrie House was purchased by the first Lord Ruthven from the Countess of Errol in 1527. Also: "a bronze tablet in one of the windows of the County Buildings is a representation of the architectural features of the house in Lord Ruthven's time". Wondering if you have anything to back this up, or can it be added to the article as-is? Seasider53 (talk) 21:39, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

I can't find this Countess of Errol detail elsewhere. Elizabeth Ruthven, dowager Countess of Errol in 1527 was Lord Ruthven's aunt or sister. She doesn't feature much in the Register of the Great Seal property transactions. Could be right, though, might as well have it in. I bet the bronze tablet depicting Gowrie House is still there (somewhere), I don't go to Perth much. Also, see the above linked page in the Register of the Great Seal, p. 150 no. 683, this says, 10 September 1528, "to Lord Ruthven Provost of Perth, his heirs etc, the keeping of his [the King's] manor and lodging in the said town in the so-called Speygate leading from the Minor Friars, between the properties belonging to Cupar Abbey and to Will Ross, and the River Tay, with the right to appoint porters or doorkeepers and set rents", so I suppose this place regarded as a royal manor in 1528 became the Gowrie House, unless the geography is not right. For instance, the house built or rebuilt by the Countess of Huntly in the 1510s might have come to James V if the heirs of the next owner (perhaps the Countess of Errol) were young, in their minority.Unoquha (talk) 10:38, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

There's a photograph of the tablet on page 18 in said book. Seasider53 (talk) 12:51, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

An oddity

I just noticed "Gowrie House" is written on the wall of the building on the right of this Street View shot, but the Gowrie House location was where the sheriff court is, just across South Street there. Edit: 46–52 Tay Street is a 19th-century Category B listed building, and known as Gowrie House. Seasider53 (talk) 22:15, 5 January 2022 (UTC)