Private Kolkata Heritage Walk Tour (2 Hrs)

Inspired by the St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, St. Andrew’s Church was originally built to serve the Scottish Presbyterian community of Calcutta, and hence also goes by the name of ‘e Scotch Kirk’. Another name, ‘Lat Sahib Ka Girja’ was probably acquired from the fact that the foundation stone was laid by the Countess of Loudon and Moira, wife of the then Governor General, e Marquess of Hastings. Besides, its impressive Doric columns and imported marbles, St. Andrew’s Church is also a historian’s delight for ‘the audacious bird’ – a cock which sits on top crowing over St. John’s Church to serve as a reminder of the rivalry between it’s founder Rev. Dr. James Bryce, Chaplain of the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment and the rst Bishop of the Indian Episcopate, Bishop Fanshawe Middleton, who headed the Anglican St. John’s Church.

Writers' Building

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Designed by omas Lyon in 1777 to serve as the principal administrative oce for writers (junior clerks) of the British East India Company, the Writers’ Building later served as the Secretariat Building of the State Government of West Bengal

General Post Office

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The introduction of the postal system in Kolkata by Warren Hastings in 1774 necessitated the need for a post office. But it was not until 1864 that the General Post Office designed by Walter B Grenville came into being. We majestic high domed roof, the towering Ionic-Corinthian pillars, and the imposing clock lend to its unique beauty. The place where the GPO stands today is actually, the site of the First Fort William was damaged by Siraj-ud-Daulah during the Seige of Calcutta in 1756. The GPO is the central post office of the city and the chief post office of West Bengal.