1 West Bridge Street is an historic building in the

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area of

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, Scotland. A former

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building, it is a Category C

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dating to around 18001 West Bridge Street, Perth, Scotland
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and is located on the southern side of the eastern end of

Perth Bridge Perth Bridge (also known as Smeaton's Bridge, locally, the Old Bridge, and in the local dialect of Scots, the Auld Brig) is a toll-free bridge in the city of Perth, Scotland. A Category A listed structure, it spans the River Tay, connecting Pert ...

. 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

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. The law was enacted after a locomotive with spiked wheels damaged the road surface. After its original use, it was J. I. Laing's fruiter, fishmonger and poulterer (as of 1911)''Leslie's directory for Perth and Kinross'' (1911)
/ref> and J. S. Lees Fish & Poultry Shop later in its life.J. S. Lees Grocers (Former)
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1800 establishments in Scotland West Bridge Street, 1 Category C listed buildings in Perth and Kinross Toll houses {{Scotland-struct-stub

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