Writers’ Building
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Writers’ Building is a historic colonial-era administrative complex in Kolkata, India, long associated with the governance of Bengal and noted for its distinctive red-brick façade.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era building
ⓘ
government building ⓘ heritage building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Indo-Saracenic architecture
ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Kolkata
ⓘ
Colonial architecture in Kolkata ⓘ Government buildings in India ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
British East India Company
ⓘ
surface form:
East India Company
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| hasFacade | red-brick façade ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | heritage structure of Kolkata ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central portico
ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ long colonnaded façade ⓘ office wings ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | protected building under state authorities ⓘ |
| inception | late 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
B.B.D. Bagh
ⓘ
Bengal Presidency ⓘ
surface form:
Bengal Presidency (historical)
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
Kolkata district ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
General Post Office, Kolkata
ⓘ
Lal Dighi ⓘ Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata) ⓘ
surface form:
Raj Bhavan, Kolkata
|
| locatedOn | B.B.D. Bagh North ⓘ |
| material | brick ⓘ |
| namedAfter | company writers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
colonial-era architecture
ⓘ
distinctive red-brick façade ⓘ historic association with governance of Bengal ⓘ |
| occupant |
Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically)
ⓘ
Government of West Bengal ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
office for East India Company writers (clerks)
ⓘ
training college for junior servants of the East India Company ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of West Bengal ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
administrative centre of Bengal Presidency
ⓘ
headquarters of the Chief Minister of West Bengal ⓘ seat of the Secretariat of the Government of West Bengal ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
British colonial period in India
ⓘ
post-independence governance of West Bengal ⓘ |
| usedFor |
government administration
ⓘ
offices of ministers ⓘ state secretariat functions ⓘ |
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