Building Name

Proposed Trinity Church, Shanghai, China

Date
1861
District/Town
Shanghai
County/Country
China
Work
Proposed scheme
Status
Unexecuted

 

THE ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITION No 203 by Messrs Stevens and Robinson “Trinity Church, Shanghai, China." The walls of brick, covered with the coloured cement of the country, show the almost invariable result of the use of that material—the quick decay of woodwork in China led to the introduction of iron in the construction of roofs. [Building News 17 May 1861 page 420]