Facing Padang Merdeka (Independence Sq), with its huge and ancient kapok tree , Kuching’s Anglican cathedral (1954) has a mid-20th-century look and, inside, a bright red barrel-vaulted ceiling. Enter from Jln McDougall, named after Kuching’s first Anglican bishop, who arrived here in 1848.
At the top of the hill, on the other side of the Parish Centre stands the Bishop’s House . Kuching’s oldest building, it was constructed – in 1849 with admirable solidness – by a German shipwright.
