Ripon Building
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Ripon Building is a historic white Indo-Saracenic-style civic building in Chennai, India, renowned as one of the city’s prominent colonial-era landmarks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ripon Building canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
civic building ⓘ heritage structure ⓘ |
| architect | G. S. T. Harris ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Government of Madras Presidency
ⓘ
surface form:
Madras Presidency government
|
| category |
Buildings and structures in Chennai
ⓘ
City and town halls in India ⓘ |
| clockTowerHeight |
43 metres
ⓘ
approximately 141 feet ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1909 ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| engineer | L. L. Crump ⓘ |
| floorArea | about 2.5 acres ⓘ |
| function |
municipal corporation headquarters
ⓘ
seat of the Greater Chennai Corporation ⓘ |
| governingBody | Greater Chennai Corporation ⓘ |
| hasClock | Westminster chimes clock ⓘ |
| hasClockTower | true ⓘ |
| hasColonnade | true ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arched verandahs
ⓘ
central tower with clock ⓘ high ceilings ⓘ ornamental pilasters ⓘ |
| hasPortico | true ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I heritage building (local listing) ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | colonial-era landmark of Chennai ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1913 ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Chennai ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | South India ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Chennai Central railway station ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Poonamallee High Road ⓘ |
| majorRenovationPeriod | 2010s ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
lime mortar ⓘ plaster ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
ⓘ
surface form:
George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Ripon
|
| notableFor |
Indo-Saracenic architectural style
ⓘ
prominent colonial-era landmark in Chennai ⓘ |
| numberOfStoreys | three ⓘ |
| regionOfSignificance |
Madras Presidency
ⓘ
surface form:
Madras Presidency (historical)
|
| roofType | sloping roof with dormer windows ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor | administrative offices of Chennai civic body ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1913 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.