Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion @ Heritage Penang

My heritage tour photography session too me to Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. The 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. Other features of the house include Gothic louvered windows, Chinese cut and paste porcelain work, Stoke-on-Trent floor tiles, Glasgow cast iron pillars and Art Nouveau stained glass. Beautiful...






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