This church, which is built on a peculiar plan to provide against the heat and glare of the Indian climate, was designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby-Osborne, C.B., Political Resident in Bhopal, and built by native artisans, trained by himself—Bení Parshád Seth, a Hindoo banker in Sehore, having gratuitously given very material assistance in superintending its erection. The church is built of light red sandstone, the coigns being of dark basalt, and the style is Early English: it consists of a nave and chancel, north and south aisles, west porch, and a bell-tower. The nave measures 55 ft. by 18 ft.; the chancel, 22 ft. by 13 ft. 6 in.; the height of the walls of the nave is 25 ft.; and that of roof to the top of the ridge is 41 ft. The aisles are 10 ft. wide and resemble cloisters, externally presenting a series of open arches springing from dwarf columns, while internally they are divided from the nave by pointed arches springing from rather massive columns, having carved capitals. These latter arches are filled in with "cathedral-tinted glass," so that the nave and chancel alone are used for service, the aisles serving as verandahs and rendering the church very cool. The west porch is sufficiently large to admit of carriages driving into it, and such a convenience is a necessity in India. The entire cost of the building has been about £3500, of which sum £300 were given by the Indian Government, £250 by the Church Building Society of Calcutta, £125 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: the rest was raised by voluntary contributions. The station of Sehore is in the territory of the Begum of Bhopal, and is the place of residence of the British representative at her Court. It has lately been added to the list of stations provided with clergymen by the Diocesan Additional Clergy Society of Calcutta. The Rev. William Wilkinson is the first Incumbent.
Source: The Illustrated London News, Vol. LIV, May 15, 1869, p.501
All Saints' Church, Sehore, Bhopal