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This Cathedral which is 188 years
old is remarkable for its splendid architectural
beauty. Built in 1815 with a 45m spire and elegant
Ionic columns of brick and chunnam, it is of special
historic interest for the several fine memorial
tablets remembering such outstanding men as Bishop
Caldwell - the eminent Philologist, Bishop Heber,
ardent missionary, Dr. Corrie, first Anglican bishop
of Chennai, Dr. Anderson, the famous doctor who
introduced silk manufacture in Chennai and William
Parry and John Binny, merchant entrepreneurs whose
names are still remembered in the city’s oldest
business establishments. Unusual too, is the
adjacent graveyard with its unique guard rail made
up of musket barrels, bayonets and spikes taken at
the capture of Sri Rangapatnam in 1799.
Location : 224, Cathedral Road,
Chennai-600 086,
Tel : 28272740, 28262740.
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