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Located on Empress Road, St. Andrew's Church with
its calm and quiet compound is a little further
north of the Railway Headquarters and set back from
the road. It is an attractive church built with
mellow red Lahori brick.
In
contrast to its neighbor St. Anthony's across the
road, St. Andrew's relies on Roman arched openings
on the ground, while twin Romanesque windows adorn
the belfry tower.
This octagonal tower punctured by Roman arch
openings ends in a decorative flourish and a cupola.
The pitched roofs of the nave and side ambulatory
covered with simple metallic covering point towards
an economical construction. Although originally the
church came about as a result of a makeshift
arrangement, the building is impressive in its
simplicity and unadorned, unpretentious
architectural character.
Before the current structure was built, the church
was housed in the adjacent tomb of Muhammad Saleh
Kamboh, the court chronicler of Emperor Shah Jahan,
and his brother Inayatullah.
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