Simla Church, 1885 (b/w photo)

Shelfmark: Photo 96/1(24) Photograph of Christ Church, Simla, from the 'Crofton Collection: Topographical and architectural views mostly in India', taken by an unknown photographer c. 1885. Simla, a hill-station with a pleasant temperate climate, came to British notice after the Nepal War (1814-16) and later became the summer capital of the British when the Governor-General began to take his council with him to the hills to escape the intense heat of Calcutta, over 1000 miles away. Christ Church was designed by Colonel J.T. Boileau and took 13 years to built (1844-1857).