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emerged as the preferred style thereafter. It was built by a
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in 1816–17. Following a government order, the school moved to the
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work. Near the top of the centre light is a wreath surrounding the arms of
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The church was sensitively restored between 2013 and 2016 for the first time in its history, as earlier efforts were ill-executed or inappropriate. The historic
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in South Bombay. Elphinstone had already left India in 1829. The church was, in fact, built during the governorship of
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church. The church's establishment has been the subject of a myth that it was built to suit the convenience of the
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firm John Scott & Son, which was founded by the father and son named John Scott (the father died in 1865).
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in South Bombay, Christ Church was one of the last 19th-century churches in the city to be built in the
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style, as thereafter the architects found themselves drawn towards the
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