 It was originally built out of pink sandstone by architect John Oldrid Scott (son of George Gilbert Scott).In 1898, two towers with tall steeples were added to the building, but the steeples were taken down after the earthquake of 1911.The Cathedral Church is commonly referred to by Lahoris as "Kukar Girja" (Girja being a Hindi/Urdu word meaning 'church' originating from Portuguese ) because of a weather cock that was mounted on the central lantern, one of the highest points.