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Neoclassical church. Built-in 1821. The St. Andrews Church has finely etched white Doric columns, a black and white tiled marble roof, and a high, sky-blue dome of enviable beauty. On the inner surface of the dome, constellations of stars, as they can be viewed in Scotland, are painted realistically. The body of the church is a circle, with rectangular compartments to the east and west. The circular part 24.5 m in diameter, is crowned by a shallow masonry dome colored a deep blue. This is painted with golden stars and supported by 16 fluted pillars with Corinthian capitals.
St. Andrew's Church in Egmore, Chennai, India was built to serve the Scottish community in Chennai. Building started 6 April 1818 and the church was consecrated in 1821. It is one of the oldest churches in Madras. Its design was modelled on St Martin-in-the-Fields and along with St. George's Church, Dublin, it is considered one of the finest stylistic "daughter" churches to the famous Trafalgar Square structure.
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It has a repository of exhibits marking the passage of the state's law enforcement agency from colonial India to present. The building is a two-storied Indo-Saracenic structure, consisting of high parapet walls, wooden spiral stairway, Madras terrace roofing and traditional lime-plastered walls. The grand portico at the entrance features Doric columns.
புனித மத்தியாஸ் தேவாலயம் Punida Mattiyās Tēvālayam
One of the oldest churches in Chennai which were built by the British. It also has a higher secondary school in the campus which has boys and girls studying in the school.
The rectangular building built in Neoclassical style houses the office of the Corporation of Chennai, the civic body that governs the city of Chennai. The building was designed by G. T. S. Harris and was constructed between 1909 and 1913. Heritage tour of Ripon Building: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) organizes a free heritage tour of Ripon Building on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 8 AM to 9 AM. Registration is mandatory and can be done online through the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) website.
One of the finest examples of British architecture in Chennai and was built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Constructed with red brick and painted with lime mortar, the rectangular building has an Italianate tower capped by a Travancore-style roof. The structure consists of arcaded verandahs along the northern and southern sides in the hall on the first floor supported by sleek Corinthian stone columns, a square tower that is three storeys high, and a carved pyramidal roof. There is also an intricately carved terracotta cornice, which resembles Islamic calligraphy, atop the tower. The hall has four staircases, of which three lead to the hall on the first floor and one to the balcony, and four turrets.