OUTSIDE THE CHURCH

Job Charnok,s mausoleum


Known to be the founder of Calcutta, but contradicted by a recent Calcutta high court ruling.
refer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_Charnock)

View of the spire of St. John's Church from mausoleum

INSIDE THE CHURCH

The st. John's Church

Location: Beside Governor's house, Kiran Shankar Roy Road, B B D Bagh, Kolkata


St John's Church,  was among the first public buildings to be erected by the East India Company after Kolkata became the effective capital of British India.  Designed by Lieutenant James Agg of the Bengal Engineers and  completed by 1787. 
It is based on James Gibbs' St. Martin-in the-Fields, London, but due to poor subsoil conditions, the entire fourth tier of the steeple was omitted giving the building a compressed dumpy appearance.


Snapshots:

Entrance

James Gibb's St Martin-in-the-Fields,  Church, London