The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . Heregretted that there was no Church ; this privation is themore felt from the proximity to several large Eoman CatholicChurches. Colonel Welsh praised the scenery and said that the Besi-dency was in one of the loveliest spots in the world. In 1824he was appointed to command the Quilon garrison, whichconsisted of three regiments of Madras infantry and a companyof Madras artillery. There was no l
The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . Heregretted that there was no Church ; this privation is themore felt from the proximity to several large Eoman CatholicChurches. Colonel Welsh praised the scenery and said that the Besi-dency was in one of the loveliest spots in the world. In 1824he was appointed to command the Quilon garrison, whichconsisted of three regiments of Madras infantry and a companyof Madras artillery. There was no longer any need for Europeaninfantry. Colonel Newall was the Eesident. Both he andColonel Welsh agreed that a Church ought to be built, and theneed was represented to the Madras Government. Estimateswere prepared by the Military Board in 1825; the lower oneamounted to ,000 ; it was not sanctioned, because of theuncertainty of the continuance of so large a force at the station,and the Directors approved of the decision arrived 1 Despatch, Oct. 22, 1817, 26, 28, 30, Eccl. ! 2 Welshs Reminiscences, ii. 100. 3 Letter, April 29, 1825, 49, Political; Despatch, July 23, 1828, 23, a I H o t- CE o ID <U X CO o o o CO < Q 2 o I h c 5 h o CHURCHES BUILT BETWEEN 1825 AND 1835 293 The Eesident was however persistent, and in 1827 freshplans and estimates were These were sanctioned,3and the building was soon afterwards commenced. Accordingto the 1852 Official Eeturn the size of the building was62 X 34 X 17 feet; this included the sanctuary and twovestries. The estimated cost was for the buildingand for the furniture, but the estimate was exceededby nearly Lieutenant Green of the Madras Engineerswas the designer and builder ; the accommodation was for150 persons. Archdeacon Eobinson arrived at Quilon on histour of inspection in January 1829. In his report to theGovernment he said that the design reflected great credit onLieutenant Green,
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