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Architecture, George Town, Pre-War Houses, Chinese Influenced Buildings, Straits Eclectic Style Houses
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Architecture, Chinese Influenced Buildings, George Town, Pre-War Houses, Straits Eclectic Style Houses
Passing by Old Townhouse
Architecture, Chinese Influenced Buildings, George Town, Pre-War Houses, Straits Eclectic Style Houses
Muntri Street View: Heritage Townhouses
Pre-war townhouses featuring Straits Eclectic architecture style found at Muntri Street, George Town.
Muntri Street View: Vintage Shophouses
Muntri Street
Architecture, Chinese Influenced Buildings, George Town, Places to Visit, Straits Eclectic Style Houses
Leith Street: Cheong Fatt Tze Blue Mansion
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a historical and cultural rich building located along Leith Street in George Town, Penang. A winner of multiple historical and heritage awards including the “Most Excellent Project” Award at the UNESCO Heritage Awards 2000, the blue mansion is one of the most visited places and a definite tourist destination in Penang. The mansion is said to be one of the two of its kind outside China which also features architecture design of both Chinese and Western influences. The mansion was built by a famous Chinese merchant in 1880s named Cheong Fatt Tze and it has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases with 220 vernacular timber louvre windows.
During his time, Cheong Fatt Tze was also known as the “the Rockefeller of the East” and had helped a lot in building business and diplomatic relationship between the Chinese and Western governments. His legacy and contributions in the were so influential that during his death, top Chinese officials came all the way from China to attend his funeral while both the British and the Dutch authorities ordered flags to be flown at half mast in honour of him.
Featured in a number of movies (such as Crazy Rich Asians), the mansion now also houses a boutique hotel and a restaurant. It is also opens for public guided tour for a few slots of time of the day.
Architecture, Chinese Influenced Buildings, George Town, Pre-War Houses, Straits Eclectic Style Houses
George Town Street View: Presgrave Street Townhouses
Heritage pre-war townhouses along Presgrave Street, George Town.
Townhouses of Church Street
Colourful heritage style windows of the Church Street, George Town.
George Town Street View: Love Lane Shophouse Facade
Heritage pre-war shophouses found at Love Lane, George Town.
George Town Street View: 23 Love Lane
A renovated and refurbished pre-war heritage mansion located in Love Lane that had been converted to a cosy little boutique hotel, which is also popular with tourists these days. The mansion itself is apparently unique for its 5 architectural periods, that are reflected by the Anglo Indian Bungalow, Indian Chinese Terrace, Straits Eclectic Building, 1920’s Jack Roof Annex Block and the Indian Shophouses.
The hotel’s website can be located here: www.23lovelane.com.
