Early English Gothic
Tall pointed windows.
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An elegant small Anglican church at the northern end of Merdeka Square, one of the oldest buildings in Kuala Lumpur's historic quarter. The British Resident of Selangor laid its foundation stone in 1894, and the government architect Arthur Norman designed it in the Early English Gothic style. The building is white with a grey pitched roof, tall pointed windows and a small bell tower, on a green lawn shaded by trees, looking small and calm among the city's towers. Inside is a historic pipe organ by the famous English organ builder Henry Willis. Today it is the cathedral of the Anglican diocese of West Malaysia and a working church; entry is free when it is open, and visitors are not admitted during services. It stands beside Merdeka Square, the Selangor Club and the Kuala Lumpur City Gallery, so pass it on a walk around the historic quarter with the Sultan Abdul Samad Building and Masjid Jamek.
Tall pointed windows.
A rare historic instrument.
A small, calm building.
Jalan Raja, at the northern end of Merdeka Square
Merdeka SquareAt midnight on 31 August 1957 the Union Jack came down here and the flag of an i2 minutes walk4.6
Sultan Abdul Samad BuildingGleaming copper domes, horseshoe arches and a forty-one-metre clock tower: finis3 minutes walk4.6
Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek MosqueThis is where Kuala Lumpur was born. At exactly this spot the Klang and Gombak r4 minutes walk4.5
Kuala Lumpur City GalleryA small gallery on the history of Kuala Lumpur in an elegant colonial building o4 minutes walk
National Textile MuseumA museum of Malaysian textiles in a handsome historic building beside the Sultan5 minutes walkMerdeka Square, the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, the Kuala Lumpur City Gallery and the National Textile Museum, all a few minutes' walk away.