St. Mary’s Church, Chennai

E818246

Anglican church church building heritage structure

St. Mary’s Church, Chennai is one of the oldest surviving Anglican churches in India, renowned for its colonial-era architecture and historical significance within the Fort St. George complex.

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Label	Occurrences
St. Mary’s Church, Chennai canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ church building ⓘ heritage structure ⓘ
access	open to visitors and worshippers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Mary’s, Fort St. George NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	English Baroque-influenced architecture ⓘ colonial-era architecture ⓘ
builder	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor	British East India Company community ⓘ
cityRole	one of the oldest surviving buildings in Chennai ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalContext	British colonial architecture in India ⓘ
currentUse	active parish church ⓘ
denomination	Anglican NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of South India NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerDenomination	Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	place of Christian worship ⓘ site for colonial-era baptisms, marriages and burials ⓘ
governingBody	Church of South India, Diocese of Madras NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCemetery	churchyard with graves of colonial-era figures ⓘ
hasFeature	arched windows ⓘ belfry ⓘ raised chancel ⓘ thick walls designed for defense ⓘ tombstones and memorial plaques ⓘ wooden pews ⓘ
hasMemorialsTo	British officers of the East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial administrators in Madras Presidency ⓘ
heritageStatus	oldest Anglican church east of the Suez Canal ⓘ one of the oldest surviving Anglican churches in India ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Anglican liturgy ⓘ
locatedIn	Chennai ⓘ Coromandel Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort St. George NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort St. George complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ lime mortar ⓘ
namedAfter	Mary, mother of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Fort St. George NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significance	historical centerpiece of Fort St. George complex ⓘ important landmark of British colonial history in South India ⓘ
tourism	popular tourist attraction in Chennai ⓘ
usedBy	British officers ⓘ European merchants ⓘ colonial administrators ⓘ

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Fort St. George, Chennai → hasPart → St. Mary’s Church, Chennai ⓘ