St John's Kirk

St John's Kirk
Old Church
The kirk in 2011, looking east
56°23′45″N 3°25′41″W / 56.395857°N 3.42811641°W / 56.395857; -3.42811641
Location	Perth, Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of Scotland
Website	Official website
History
Status	open
Dedication	John the Baptist
Architecture
Functional status	used
Heritage designation	Category A listed building
Designated	20 May 1965
Years built	c. 1448 (576 years ago) (1448)
Specifications
Spire height	154 feet (47 m)
Clergy
Minister(s)	Rev Philip Patterson

St John's Kirk is a church in the Scottish city of Perth, Perth and Kinross. Of Church of Scotland denomination, it is located in St John's Place, just southeast of the city centre. It stands on the former site of a church dating to 1126. Today's structure, built around 1448, is a Category A listed building.^[1] The church is most noted for being the site of John Knox's 1559 sermon against idolatry, which began the Scottish Reformation.

Perth was originally called St Johns Toun (or Saint Johnstoun), after John the Baptist, to whom the church is dedicated.

The church is bounded by St John's Place to the north (fed by Kirkgate) and south (as South St John's Place, fed by St Ann's Lane), St John Street to the east and Flesher's Vennel to the west.