The Ridge is lined with grand examples of British architecture, including the Town Hall , oddly reminiscent of the mansion in Hammer Horror films, and the mock-Tudor folly housing the post office (1883). At the west end of the Mall is the grand neo-Gothic Gorton Castle , formerly the government secretariat and now the Offices of the Accountant General. Above Shimla on the way to the Jakhu Temple, you can peek through the gates of Rothney Castle , former home of Allan Octavian Hume, which housed Asia’s largest collection of stuffed birds during the 19th century.
