St Stephen’s Church Negombo – By Prashanth Sentilkumar
Source : Prashanth Sentilkumar Linkedin
After ascending to the top of the Negombo Fort, I saw a church which was about 500m towards the north, quite an old structure but beautifully painted in white.
So I headed down from the mound and walked on to a carpeted road towards an open gate , walking past the gate, I came towards the garden of the Church, beautifully maintained and well pruned. The church was quite a big flat beautifully constructed gothic designed church. For some reason, it reminded me of Zimbabwean Architecture although I have never been to Zimbabwe in my life. However, when I watch cricket matches I always witness the grandstand at the Harare cricket grounds and I have a weird habit of doing internet searches of the particular country that I find interesting to check on their architecture, food and prominent places. The church was constructed in the year 1877, the architecture is predominantly a Gothic revival architecture comprises of many windows which provides a wonderful elegance inside. I didn’t take any pictures of the interior since there was an ongoing discussion inside with a gathering of priests, hence chose not to disturb. I met the caretaker who was ringing the bell and took a picture. It’s just a magnificent old church which I suggest everyone to visit.
