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Lodge Scoon and Perth No. 3 is one of the most ancient Masonic lodges in Scotland, with a Mutual Agreement dated 24 December 1658 — the oldest existing record of the lodge — recording that King James VI was 'entered Freemason and Fellowcraft of the Lodge of Scoon' on 15 April 1601. The lodge had met in premises at 16 High Street, Perth for at least a century. In August 1931 the Lodge sold its High Street rooms for £1,500, simultaneously acquiring No. 6 Atholl Crescent from th

Lodge Scoon and Perth No. 3 is one of the most ancient Masonic lodges in Scotland, with a Mutual Agreement dated 24 December 1658 — the oldest existing record of the lodge — recording that King James VI was 'entered Freemason and Fellowcraft of the Lodge of Scoon' on 15 April 1601. The lodge had met in premises at 16 High Street, Perth for at least a century. The chequered rug, the murals by Thomas H Peddie, the elaborate columns, and two original Art Deco chandeliers complet

In 1923, Arthur Kinmond Bell of Campsie Hill and James Morison, accountant, purchased No. 5. There were three public rooms, five bedrooms, a maid's room, kitchen, scullery, two bathrooms, three WCs, and a laundry and wash-house convertible to a garage, with a garden and moderate feu-duty of £2 2s. Mr Bell and Mr Morrison handed over the property, rent-free for five years, as a residential and social club for nurses and professional women. Furnished from a capital of £2,000, t

The longest and most vividly documented domestic chapter at No. 5 belongs to the Buists. Dr Andrew Buist — born in Perth around 1823, trained in Edinburgh — became one of the city's most beloved physicians. As medical officer of health for the Burgh, he was doctor to several Friendly Societies and maintained a very extensive private practice; the Dundee Courier obituary of 14 March 1900 recorded that 'in really genuine cases of distress he seldom pressed for payment', making

In 1829 Margaret Stewart paid £1,550 sterling for No. 5, acquiring the property through the instrument of sasine which records the conveyance from David Wedderspoon, writer in Perth (acting as attorney for the heirs of William Bisset). Margaret Stewart was the sister of Robert Stewart (or Stuart) of Annat, Errol — born 7 October 1770 at Kilspindie, Perthshire, son of the Reverend Allan Stewart of Kilspindie and Helen (Nellie) Robertson, and a member of the School Committee of