Opposite the southeastern corner of Fort Cornwallis is the Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, a gleaming white tower topped by a Moorish dome. Donated by a local Chinese millionaire to honour Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, it stands 18m (60ft) tall – one foot for each year of her reign. West of the clock tower are the offices of the Penang Heritage Trust on Lebuh Gereja (Church St); Lebuh Gereja, Lebuh Bishop and Lebuh Farquhar were the historical heartland of Penang’s Eurasian community, mixed-race Catholic settlers who came here fleeing persecution in other parts of Asia.
