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Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin

The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin, consecrated in February 1895, was designed by AC Norman. The contractor was Mr Nicholas and the architectural style was early English Gothic, which is noted in the buttresses on the outside of the building. In 1958, the rear of the church was extended to house the Jubilee Hall and in 1968, a double-storey annexe was built. St. Mary's was elevated to the status of a cathedral on 8 September 1983.

The original part of the building is shaped like a cruciform and can accommodate 200 worshippers. It consists of the nave which has an open-timbered roof constructed of Malaysian merbau and seriah wood, the apex being 132.6m (39 ft) from the floor.

The chancel, raised above the nave floor level is paved with tessellated tiles and lit by three stained glass windows sited in the octagonal end.

An interesting but sad piece of trivia about their history was that during WW2 when bombs began dropping on Kuala Lumpur, the windows were removed and carefully stored away. After the war, their whereabouts were never discovered and they were replaced in 1955.

Of special note is the window on the internal wall at the rear of the nave, donated by the United Planting Association of Malaya, in memory of the planters who died during the Emergency.

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