1 West Bridge Street

Tollhouse in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland April 2022 March 2025 1 West Bridge Street 1 West Bridge Street 2024.jpg The building in 2024 Scotland Perth Shown in Perth 56.39928 -3.423459 type:landmark_region:GB inline,title 1 West Bridge Street,Bridgend, Perth, Scotland c. 1800 yes Category C Listed Building 26 August 1977 LB39663 1 West Bridge Street is an historic building in the Bridgend area of Perth, Scotland. A former tollbooth building, it is a Category C listed building dating to around 1800LB39663 1 West Bridge Street, Perth, Scotland and is located on the southern side of the eastern end of Perth Bridge. The part of the building that curved around onto Commercial Street has been demolished. History It was one of three toll houses in Perth, the others being on the Edinburgh and Dundee Roads (the latter being the Barnhill Tollhouse). A bye-law on the building's noticeboard specified that locomotives crossing the bridge had to be preceded by a flagbearer. The law was enacted after a locomotive with spiked wheels damaged the road surface.http://www.perthcivictrust.org.uk/staging/?page_id=480 Civic History of Perth from Medieval Times Perth Civic Trust 2 December 2021 26 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210926192844/http://www.perthcivictrust.org.uk/staging/?page_id=480 dead After its original use, it was J. I. Laing's fruiter, fishmonger and poulterer (as of 1911)https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8573/85730416.6.pdf Leslie's directory for Perth and Kinross (1911) 5 January 2022 5 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220105212716/https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8573/85730416.6.pdf dead and J. S. Lees Fish & Poultry Shop later in its life.IMG 1279755 DP 120415 J. S. Lees Grocers (Former) Front elevation See also List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland References Category:1800 establishments in Scotland West Bridge Street, 1 Category:Category C listed buildings in Perth and Kinross Category:Toll houses