St Michael and All Angels Church

The brick St. Michael and All Angels Church was built at the Blantyre Mission in Blantyre, Malawi, between 1888 and 1891. It is part of the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian's Blantyre Synod, and is located on the original Scottish mission site, off Chileka Rd. It has been associated with Hiland Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since 1991.

Rev. David Clement Scott, who had no professional architectural background, designed and oversaw the construction of the church. Local men with no prior experience in this type of construction provided labor. All the bricks were manufactured on-site from local clay and burned in kilns powered by wood. Eighty-one different types of bricks are thought to have been utilized in the construction. The most typical bricks are 12 by 6 by 3 inches in size and are laid up in English bond.

Arches, domes, and flying buttresses are among the design and structural aspects. The two skyscrapers aren't the same. The angle between the south-western tower and the south aisle wall is filled with a Moorish domed bell tower with a circular staircase. The interior consists of a Byzantine arcade of six arches.

Location: Blantyre, Malawi