Following the Gowrie Conspiracy of 1600, James VI ordered Gowrie House in Perth to be demolished as a symbolic destruction of the Ruthven family's greatest possession in the burgh. The demolition was carried out in 1601. Perth lost a significant architectural monument — Gowrie House had been one of the finest town houses in Scotland. The site was later used for various civic purposes. The demolition was part of James VI's comprehensive erasure of the Ruthven family from Scottish life: name, arms, titles, estates, and now buildings were all destroyed.
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