St Andrews Church War Memorials

St Andrews Church at 19 Atholl Street is a former church building completed in 1885. The architects were Andrew Heiton and Andrew Grainger Heiton. At one point around 2020 it was scheduled for demolition but it is now being renovated and repurposed as the new YMCA Centre for Perth. Two war memorials were photographed by PCT when they were under threat due to deterioration of the building. They have been put into safe storage pending decisions on their future. One is a record of the members of the congregation who fell in the war. The other remembers a former minister…

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West Port

At the junction of High Street and South Methven Street was the old West Port, one of the many entrances to the city in medieval times. Traders would enter her to go to the many markets held within the walls. A modern information board entitled Going to Market (Panel 9 of the Perth Medieval Trail) can be found beside the newly redeveloped St Paul’s Church open-air space.

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