01. St Andrews Presbyterian Church

Style

Late Sandstone Victorian Rustic Gothic

Year

1886-1887

Architect

Mr. John Symonds

Builders

J.W Park and J.J. Dakin

About St Andrews Presbyterian Church

St Andrews Presbyterian Church was the first Presbyterian Church in the district. Planning began in 1886 and until 1887 Presbyterian meetings were conducted in Euroma, a cottage on Wharf Road. The first sermon was delivered in 1887 in the shared Protestant Hall on the Christ Church site.

In 1887, part of Harriet Miller’s Sunnyside property was donated for the church. The remainder of Sunnyside was later purchased by the church and used as the manse until the 1930s.

The building cost £2,768 and seated 270 people. It officially opened in July 1889. Throughout the years, various works were undertaken, such as the addition of a classroom in 1917, which James Wallace Park and his wife Catherine donated in memory of their son Wallace, killed at Lone Pine on Gallipoli. In 1931, the porch and stone wall were relocated when Victoria Road was widened.

An honour roll of Second World War church members, including the Elliot brothers, may be seen on the south façade. The red brick War Memorial Hall in Pittwater Road was opened in February 1955.

Location

265A Victoria Road, Ryde 2112 View Map

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