Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

Exterior view of the mansion

VIew of one open air area on the right wing

Closer look at a roof with carvings

Detail of Chien Nien style of porcelain works

Inner view of iron cast pillars skirting the courtyard

Spiral staircase imported from Glasgow, Scotland

View of the center courtyard

Escoy Suite

The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (Malay: Rumah Agam Cheong Fatt Tze) is located at 14 Leith Street, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The mansion's indigo-blue outer wall makes it a very distinct building in the area.

The Circa 1880s mansion built by the merchant Cheong Fatt Tze at the end of 19th century has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases & 220 vernacular timber louvre windows.^[1] It served as Cheong's private residence as well as the seat of his business activities.

The architecture of the mansion originates from the Su Chow Dynasty Period in China. Features of the house include Gothic louvred windows, Chinese cut and paste porcelain work, Stoke-on-Trent floor tiles made of encaustic clay in geometric pieces all shaped to fit to a perfect square, Glasgow cast iron works by MacFarlane's & Co. and Art Nouveau stained glass windows. The mansion was originally built with careful attention to the principles of Feng Shui.The domestic annexe is built in front of it to prevent any road being built to create a T-Junction in front of it; it has water running through a meandering network of pipes that begin from the eaves of the roof, channelled through the upper ceiling, down the walls collecting in the central courtyard before being channelled away from the property via a similar network of pipes, in this case, underneath the entire flooring system and is built with a step in the middle to create a slope (to ride on the dragons back.)

The distinctive blue colour of the mansion is the result of mixing lime with natural blue dye made from the Indigo plant. The blue was very popular in the Colonial period and the dye was imported from India to Penang by the British. The lime-wash was very effective in a tropical weather as it absorbed moisture and cooled the house whilst dispelling moisture without damage to the structural integrity of the walls. Though white was the most easily available colour, the indigo-blue was chosen as the former is a colour synonymous with death for the Chinese.

The mansion was purchased from Cheong Fatt Tze's descendants in 1989 by a group of local Penang individuals to save the edifice from encroaching development and possible demolition. While it remains until now a private-residence, the property operates as a 16 Room Bed & Breakfast-cum-museum as part of the adaptive reuse of an ongoing restoration project which has won awards from UNESCO. Tours are offered in English three times a day to central parts of the house. In 2016, a restaurant called 'Indigo' opened on the first floor of the mansion. ^[2]

The mansion has been featured in various films including the 1993 Oscar-winning French film Indochine starring Catherine Deneuve, The Red Kebaya, Road to Dawn, 3rd Generation and the critically acclaimed The Blue Mansion in 2009 by Singapore director Glen Goei of Forever Fever fame. The mansion has also been featured in programs broadcast on various international television channels (CNN, BCC, The History Channel, Discovery Travel & Living).

Awards

1995 Malaysian National Architectural Award For Conservation
2000 UNESCO 'Most Excellent' Heritage Conservation Award^[3]
'Best Tourist Attraction 2003' Merit Award - Malaysian Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism
ASEANTA 2004 Excellence Award; ASEAN Cultural Preservation Effort
Featured in Hip Hotels of the Orient - TASCHEN
Best Boutique Hotel 2008 - Best of Malaysia Travel Awards by Expatriate Lifestyle

References

↑ "Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion". Tourism Malaysia. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
↑ "Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion: Sleeping Straits-Chinese style". Minor Sights. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
↑ "Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion". Tourism Malaysia. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

External links

Media related to Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion at Wikimedia Commons

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Coordinates: 5°25′17″N 100°20′07″E / 5.42132°N 100.33525°E / 5.42132; 100.33525

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