Innerpeffray Library, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 3RF

Thomas Newte, Prospects and Observations on a Tour of England and Scotland, 1785,

"It is impossible to pass over the venerable beauties of Innerpeffray, fronting Castle Drummond, in a concavity of the serpentizing Ern, its castle, the antient seat of the Lords of Maderty, its chapel, public library and school, both established for the good of the community and carrying back the mind to the antient situation and the genius of Scotland"

William M Dickie, M.A., Ph.D., INNERPEFFRAY LIBRARY, published by The Library Association Record, 1928,

"Here then, in a desolate part of Perthshire, situated upon a wooded eminence close to the River Earn, in a churchyard and near a half-ruined chapel, where lie buried the founder and his two wives, is to be found a library of quite unusual interest, the oldest free public library in Scotland."

"Amazing collection"
Peter, Surrey

"Fantastic! Thank you!"
Vanessa, Canada

"I'll be back!"
Val Drummond, Canada

Extracts from a report by NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND, December 1995

"The Library at Innerpeffray is a unique collection, ... on account of the unusual circumstances of its foundation in the late 17th Century in a rather remote rural location, its long association with a prominent and ancient Perthshire family, and its remarkable survival into modern times. As the oldest free public library in Scotland it has no exact parallel anywhere else in Scotland, a distinction reinforced by its attractive setting in a unique complex of Library, Chapel, Castle and Schoolhouse."

"Very interesting German book (Colerus, 1613)
Marion, Aberdeen

"Peaceful and lovely"
Ann, Crieff

"Our school outing appreciated the rarity of what they were privileged to see"
Alison, Perth