Soon after the end of the worst Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, when the Indian Subcontinent came directly under the control of the British Government, several churches came up in Northern India with compensation money.
St. Peter's Church of Muirabad, near Allahabad, UP was one among them and was built in 1875. The foundation stone of this beautiful Anglican Church, on laid on 17th May 1872 by Sir William and Lady Muir (Elizabeth Huntly Wemyss). He started the Muir Central College which became part of what is now called Allahabad University. Sir William Muir (27 April 1819 - 11 July 1905) a Scottish Orientalist, helped build the Christian village Muirabad, near Allahabad. A big land comprising 45 acres was bought to house a school, dispensary, etc in anticipation of further growth in the near future 1870.
This church was constructed primarily to conduct Church Services needed by the local Christian community. Further, there was a demand for a church by the European troops stationed in Gorakhpur during the1850's. They needed some kind of spiritual orientation to be freed from stressed life. Their only place of union with the Almighty was a venerated place - church.
This Gothic styled church has an exposed brick cruciform structure in brick and plaster, a central hall, with an apse and wooden truss and tiled roof, a belfry tower and the space for altar. They have not undergone any change and the heritage value is not disturbed. But the altar underwent some repairs a few years earlier and the rest has all been done in RCC, albeit to imitate the original.
The other oldest Catholic churches in U.P, are at Allahabad (1845), Ghazipur (now no more), Chunar (1848) and Varanasi (1851)
The significance of this church is it was one of the earliest churches in India built soon the British Crown took over the control from the EIC in the late1850s after the Sepoy Mutiny.
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https://www.tripadvisor.in/ShowUserReviews-g1162488-d5782203-r383647789-St_Peter_s_Church-Allahabad_Uttar_Pradesh.html#
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This church was constructed primarily to conduct Church Services needed by the local Christian community. Further, there was a demand for a church by the European troops stationed in Gorakhpur during the1850's. They needed some kind of spiritual orientation to be freed from stressed life. Their only place of union with the Almighty was a venerated place - church.
This Gothic styled church has an exposed brick cruciform structure in brick and plaster, a central hall, with an apse and wooden truss and tiled roof, a belfry tower and the space for altar. They have not undergone any change and the heritage value is not disturbed. But the altar underwent some repairs a few years earlier and the rest has all been done in RCC, albeit to imitate the original.
The other oldest Catholic churches in U.P, are at Allahabad (1845), Ghazipur (now no more), Chunar (1848) and Varanasi (1851)
The significance of this church is it was one of the earliest churches in India built soon the British Crown took over the control from the EIC in the late1850s after the Sepoy Mutiny.
https://www.tripadvisor.in/ShowUserReviews-g1162488-d5782203-r383647789-St_Peter_s_Church-Allahabad_Uttar_Pradesh.html#
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