Perth and Kinross: An Illustrated Architectural Guide

Perth and Kinross advertises itself for the tourist trades as “The heart of Scotland”, which, in geographical terms, it is. It lies on the boundary of the Highlands and the Lowlands, a location which accounts for the wide variety of architecture described in the latest volume of the Rutland Press’s admirable series of guides. Indeed, straddling the geological fault line as well, Perthshire can even boast a specially built earthquake observatory, at Comrie. In historical terms, its position also gave rise to numerous fortified houses, most still occupied, and which, if their proprietors climbed the greasy pole of politics, might...