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Table 4 Table showing pictorial representation of the conservation status of the heritage buildings (developed by the author in 2022, using CDIF a survey conducted by Heritage Cell – DAPNED University Archive 2014)

From: Reflections on the importance of built heritage inventory as a tool for preservation in Karachi–a case study of Wadhumal Odharam (Jail) Quarter in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

No

Title

Status

Detail

 

Well-maintained

Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) Building

Well maintained.

5% of the total of 136

DoC: 1846-68

Enlistment No. 1997-143

Address: WO- 7/37, M.A. Jinnah (Bunder) Road

Designed by Ar. James Strachan

Architectural features: Clock tower, balconies, columns, arches, dome, pilasters, courtyard, decorative entrance portal

 

Partly maintained

Makhan Building

Partly Maintained.

88% of the total of 136

DoC: Mid 19th C

Enlistment No. 1997-162

Address: WO-1/16, 17, Washumal Odharam (Nanakwara) Road

Architectural features: Arched windows, roundels, cornices, mouldings, pilasters, decorated parapet, symmetrical design

 

Façade only

Captain & Co. Building

Façade only.

01% of the total of 136

DoC: Mid 19th C

Enlistment No. 1997-148

Address: WO-7/13, Shahrah-e-Altaf Hussain (Napier) Road

Architectural features: Cornices, Festoons, Ornamented timber pelvet and, pitched roof, carved waterspouts, pilasters, decorated parapet

 

Partly demolished

Auqaf Building

Partly demolished.

6% of the total of 136

DoC: Mid 19th C

Enlistment No. 1997-163

Address: WO-2/6, Hari Dodani Lane, off Washumal Odharam (Nanakwara) Road

Architectural features: Arched windows, roundels, cornices, pilasters, decorated parapet

 

Demolished

Shiroomal Shewakram Building

Demolished

DoC: Mid 19th C

Enlistment No. 1997-164

Address: WO-2/10, Hari Dodani Lane, off Nishtar (Lawrence) Road

Architectural features: Arched windows, cornices/mouldings, pilasters.