Innerpeffray Library: a little paradise in Perthshire

When the great Argentinian writer Jorges Luis Borges said he imagined ‘that Paradise would be a kind of library’, he was probably picturing something much like Innerpeffray Library. Often described as a ‘literary jewel’ this discreet gem, nestling in a tranquil setting near the River Earn in Perthshire, was actually Scotland’s first free public lending library. It was founded by David Drummond, 3rd Lord Madertie who, in 1680, made 400