Penang in Monochrome: An Old Bungalow
Tag: bungalow
A Glimpse of Suffolk House
Suffolk House, Penang.
Chulia Street: Chulia Heritage Hotel
Chulia Heritage Hotel is another heritage mansion which is now restored as a hotel and is located at the heart of Chulia Street, George Town.
Facade of a Heritage Mansion
The front archway-entrance of Yeng Keng Hotel at Chulia Street, George Town. Yeng Keng Hotel is an old heritage mansion which was originally built in the 1800s, and is now restored and renovated as a boutique hotel.
Ku Din Ku Meh Mansion
Now known as “Segara Ninda“, Ku Din Ku Meh Mansion is an old and historical bungalow located at the junction where Penang Road meets Farquhar Street in George Town. The bungalow is an old heritage house built during the British colonial era in the late 19th century, with traditional Malay design style. It used to belong to Tengku Baharudin bin Tengku Meh, the governor and King of Satun, Thailand in the early 1900, who was also known as Ku Din Ku Meh. The bungalow now belongs to the descendants of Ku Din Ku Meh and the restored building now also provides a lodging service.
Passing by the Northam Lodge
The old heritage mansion of the Northam Lodge (also known as Soonstead Mansion) at Northam Road, George Town.
Old Shih Chung Branch School Building
The old and derelict building was once a large mansion of five-storeys tall built in the late 1880s at Northam Road, George Town. It is locally known as “Goh Chan Lau” or “five-storeys villa”, with a rich history from its origin till the current state it is now. The mansion was built by local tycoon Cheah Tek Soon as a private residence, and incorporated a mix of Asian and Western architecture styles. It later on became the site of the old Shih Chung Branch School but the school was also eventually relocated years ago.
The KFC Restaurant at Larut Road
This KFC outlet is housed within an old heritage bungalow which is located at along Larut Road, George Town. It is also one of the oldest and biggest KFC outlets in George Town.
An Old Abandoned Mansion
The Northam Lodge
This elaborated European inspired mansion is located at the Northam Road (or Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah) in George Town.
This beautiful mansion was built by a famous architect named James Stark back in the year 1911 for Heah Swee Lee, a wealthy and successful rubber and sugar planter. The mansion was a symbol of George Town’s high society back then and even Straits Settlements Legislative Councillor A. R. Adams praised the owner for his “splendid domicile” and the architect on the “excellent results.
The mansion was originally named Northam Lodge before a subsequent change of ownership and was later renamed as Soonstead Mansion.