Chatrapati Shivaji terminus

(Victoria terminus)Mumbai
Introduction:
• SITE NAME : CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI • Ar pick
TERMINUS
• FORMERLY : VICTORIA TERMINUS
• CONSERVED BY : UNESCO
• UNESCO Region: ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
• The building, designed by the British
architect F.W. Stevens, became the
symbol of Bombay as the ‘Gothic City’
and the major international mercantile
port of India. The terminal was built over
ten years starting in 1878 according to a
High Victorian Gothic design based on
late medieval Italian models. Its
remarkable stone dome, turrets, pointed
arches, and eccentric ground plan are
close to traditional Indian palace
architecture. It is an outstanding example
of the meeting of two cultures as British
architects worked with Indian craftsmen to
include Indian architectural tradition and
idioms forging a new style unique to
Bombay.
DECISION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
COMMITTEE:
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus of
Mumbai (formerly Bombay) exhibits
an important interchange of
influences from Victorian Italianate
Gothic Revival architecture, and
from Indian traditional buildings. It
became a symbol for Mumbai as a
major mercantile port city on the
Indian Subcontinent within the
British Commonwealth.
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is an
outstanding example of late 19th
century railway architecture in the
British Commonwealth,
characterized by Victorian Gothic
Revival and traditional Indian
features, as well as its advanced
structural and technical solutions.
 BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS :
• The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly known as
Victoria Terminus in Mumbai, is an outstanding
example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture in
India, blended with themes deriving from Indian
traditional architecture.
• The building, designed by the British architect F.W.
Stevens, became the symbol of Bombay as the
‘Gothic City’ and the major international
mercantile port of India.
• The terminal was built over ten years starting in 1878
according to a High Victorian Gothic design based
on late medieval Italian models.
• Its remarkable stone dome, turrets, pointed arches,
and eccentric ground plan are close to traditional
Indian palace architecture.
• It is an outstanding example of the meeting of two
cultures as British architects worked with Indian
craftsmen to include Indian architectural tradition
and idioms forging a new style unique to Bombay.
Location:
The map of Mumbai shows its 3
Railway routes; Western, Central &
Harbour.
Also marked is the historic route of
GIPR from CST to THANA.
Site map:
Site map
Ground floor plan:
First floor plan:
Second floor plan:
Attic floor plan:
Terrace floor plan:
Elevation: west
Elevation: east
Elevation: north
Elevation: west
Details: 2nd floor arcade
Details: 2nd floor arcade:
Details: 2nd floor openings:
Details: Tower
Details: sectional elevation of dome

Principal dome
Details: wrought iron
Detail: Roof over station
Detail: roof truss on 2nd floor
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES:

Ribbed dome resting on an

An Imposing Landmark of Mumbai
octagonal drum

The Dome – crowning

feature of CST

Ornamentation of this building creates an interesting

skyline which optimizes the Gothic Architecture
Highlight of the interiors is dome and its central
staircase.

Decorative squinches / Highly decorated railing gate

pendentives in the staircase
area to make the square plan
octagonal

Banquet Hall on Ground Floor

with its original interior
View of wide passages/ Verandah which
climatically protected in the building
View of star chambers – Booking offices

Gothic Revival Interiors – Ribbed

wall with gilt work still intact.

High quality maw tile

dado in its star
chamber.
 Section of Principle Dome

Sectional Elevation of Dome

Wrought Iron Detail

Details of Tower

Details of Gable
 Arches of the second floor

Windows of the second floor