St Mary's South Church, 33, Reform Street, Blairgowrie

Gothic church with 6-bay nave and square 2-stage tower with octagonal spire. Small blocks of roughly squared and snecked rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings, some stugged. Raised ashlar base course and eaves course. Sawtooth-coped, 2- and 3-stage buttresses; hoodmoulds with label stops. Trefoil- and multifoil-headed lights, some set into pointed-arch frames; traceried NE window. Chamfered reveals, stone mullions and raked cills. Boarded timber doors with decorative ironwork hinges. CHURCH HALL: rectangular-plan, slated, rubble hall with decorative bargeboarding, decorative ironwork finials and boarded timber doors.

Ecclesiastical building no longer in use as such. Opened 2nd December, 1858 by Reverend Dr Guthrie of Edinburgh, as the Free South Church. Macdonald describes it as a "chaste, comparatively plain Gothic nave about 85' long by 44' high", he continues "the church as a whole, in its external aspect and its internal arrangements, is such as secures a high degree of comfort for the congregation". The building became St Mary's South Church when the nearby St Mary's Parish Church was demolished during the 1970s, at which time some mural monuments were added to the vestibule. St Mary's South closed on 29th January, 2002 at which time the congregation united with St Andrews Church to form Blairgowrie Parish Church. (Historic Scotland)

November 2011: External inspection finds the church is substantially intact but is fenced off by security screens on the road elevation. The roof has a few areas of missing slates but the gutters are broken and leaking and the downpipes are clogged. There are extensive growths of ivy on the tower and weeds populate the surrounding grounds thickly. The property is currently being marketed for sale through auction, on instructors of administrators. Planning and listed building consent for conversion of the building to residential use was approved conditionally 2005 ref: 05/00061/PPLB, a modification of which was approved in 2008 ref: 08/00446/LBC.

6 February 2014: External inspection finds the building remains disused with security fencing erected around the boundary. The ivy growth to the tower is engulfing the structure. Condition moved to Poor and Risk increased to Moderate.

13 August 2024: Desk-based assessment suggests the building remains disused.