All Saints’ Church Taiping 1 Jun 2016

After our visit to the Perak State Museum, we decided to go the All Saints’ Church. When we arrived there, the gate was wide opened.

I guess it is because this church had been gazetted under the National Heritage Building. The church allowed any visitors come in to visit this historical building.

The All Saints’ Church is one of the few churches located in the sleepy town of Taiping.

As one of the oldest towns in Malaysia, Taiping has one of the richest history among all the towns and states of the country. The All Saints’ Church is one of them.

The original church was actually built in 1887 which has since become a National Heritage Site.

In Taiping, the All Saints’ Church is actually one of the renowned 33 ‘Firsts’ here like its first railroad and others.

Belonging to the Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia, it was actually the first English church to be built in the Malay states during that era.

The All Saints’ Church has a unique design and architecture which was the works of an Australian architect, Mr. George A Lefroy.

It opened its doors in 1887 by the Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak, Right Revd. G.F Hose.

Located in the heart of Taiping town, it is still very much in its original form which was built using timber. The All Saints’ Church would then become the Parish Church of North Perak in 1907 and it would grow to become one of the prominent places of worship for its members ever since.

Located not far from the church is the All Saints’ Church (New Church) which was built in 2012. I think is to accommodate more people and mass or services at a time.

Just beside the old building, there is a small graveyard with some uniquely crafted headstones at the tombstones. Some of it was beautifully crafted, such as angels, roses ornaments, etc..

All these contains the graves of early colonial settlers, most of whom died of tropical diseases or failed to achieve the colonial pension needed to return home to Britain or Australia.

We were unable to walk into the Church itself as it was locked, we can only took the photos from outside the building. I was wondering how great it is at its previous time, the Church itself have been the place to His saints to worship Him for more than 100 years.

There is a bulletin board at the new church building showed some activities and services provided. We left to the town for our lunch after that.