Christ Church was the last of the neoclassical churches built in pre-1862 Bombay. It's of similar vintage as the Town Hall that houses the Asiatic Society of Mumbai (Bombay). The interiors are invaluable heritage because of its cast iron fluted columns with Corinthian capitals, stained glass panels, burma teakwood furniture and lath ceiling plaster. Pics/Shadab Khan

The early 1800s must have been a heady time for the Byculla resident. Wide roads, palatial mansions, a racecourse, the swish Byculla Club. It was emerging as the 'it' neighbourhood outside of Fort. Around then, as part of a church building programme that Governor Montstuart Elphinstone (1819-27) initiated, plans to construct Christ Church in Byculla took shape. Built at the cost of R17,000, it was open for worship on August 10, 1833 but consecrated in 1835.