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 has now been renovated and repurposed as the new YMCA Centre for Perth. A new plaque commemorates the opening of the Y Centre by Princess Anne on November 13th 2024.

Two war memorials were photographed by PCT when they were under threat due to deterioration of the building.

One is a record of the members of the congregation who fell in the war. It has been carefully re-sited in an alcove not far from its original position. The other remembers a former minister of the church who died at Salonica on 3rd October 1918, while serving as chaplain to the 12th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. It has been placed in storage.

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