The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age transports us back to a bygone era of Malaya, where form supersedes functionality
and aesthetics reign supreme. Out of the many mansions and villas that I have in my collection,
these select 25 have captured my attention for their sheer beauty. Look closely and they seem to
arrest your attention with their grand majesty and secret pasts that have withstood the test of
time. These magnificent private residences arose in the late 19th and early 20th century.
NO 1. WOODVILLE
NO 2. LWA VILLA
NO. 4 LOKE MANSION
Year Built: 1925
Residence Of: Lim Lean Teng
Style:
Location: Jln Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown
Year Built: 1924
Original Owner:
Style: Arts & Craft
Location: Persiaran Gurney, Georgetown
NO 3. CHEE MANSION
Year Built: 1906
Original Owner: Chee Swee Cheng
Style: Dutch
Location: 2, Jln Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Melaka
Year Built: 1904
Original Owner: Loke Yew
Style:
Location: Jln Medan Tuanku, Kuala Lumpur
Year Built: 1904
Original Owner: Loke Chow Kit
Style:
Location: 4 & 6 Jln Tangsi, Kuala Lumpur
Year Built: 17th century
Original Owner: Dutch Governor's
Style:
Location: St Paul's Hill, Melaka
Year Built: 1930's
Original Owners: British Residents
Style:
Location: Mentalon, Kedah
Year Built: 1909
Original Owner: William Kellie Smith
Style: British Colonial
Location: Batu Gajah, Perak
Year Built:
Original Owner:
Style:
Location: Melaka
Year Built: early 19th century
Original Owner:
Style:
Location: Jln Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown
Year Built: 1926
Original Owner: Lim Mah Chye
Style:
Location: Jln Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown
Year Built:
Original Owner:
Style: Mock Tudor
Location: Ipoh
Year Built: 1935
Original Owner: Eu Tong Sen
Style:
Location: Jln Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Year Built: 1926
Original Owner: Leong Yin Kean
Style:
Location: Jln Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown
Year Built: 1910
Original Owner:  Dato Abdullah Jaafar
Style: Sino Malay Palladian
Location: Jln Puteri, Johor Bahru
Year Built: 1898
Original Owner: Sir Frank Sweetenham
Style: Neo- Classical
Location: Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur
Year Built:
Original Owner: Yeoh Wee Gark
Style:
Location: Lebuh Leith, Penang
Year Built: 1904
Original Owner: Cheong Fatt Tze
Style:
Location: Lebuh Leith, Georgetown
Year Built: Unknown
Original Owner:
Style:
Location: Jln Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Year Built: 1930
Original Owner:
Style:
Location: 21 Jln Assam Kumbang, Taiping
Year Built: 1913
Original Owner:
Style: Neo Classical
Location: Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur
Year Built: 1893
Original Owner: Dato Jaafar bin Onn
Style: Elizabethan
Location: Jln Yahya Al Datar, Johor Bahru
Year Built: 1880s
Original Owner: Cheah Tek Soon
Style: Anglo Chinese
Location: Jln Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown
Year Built: 1910s
Original Owner: Heah Swee Lee
Style:
Location: Jln Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown
NO. 5 HOMESTEAD
NO. 6 HARDWICKE
NO. 8 CHIEF MINISTER OF
KEDAH RESIDENCE
NO. 24 KING'S HOUSE
NO. 14 LEONG YIN
KEAN MANSION
NO. 12 (PAKISTAN HIGH
COMMISSION)
NO. 21 NORTHAM LODGE
NO. 20 YEOH WEE GARK RESIDENCE
(CATHAY HOTEL)
NO. 22 CHINESE RESIDENCY
NO. 19  CHEONG FATT TZE MANSION
NO. 17 CARCOSA
NO.11
NO. 10 (SOUTHERN BANK BUILDING)
NO. 25 21, JLN ASSAM KUMBANG
NO. 15 LEONG FEE
MANSION (EQUATOR
ACADEMY OF ART)
Year Built:
Original Owner: Leong Fee
Style:
Location: Lebuh Leith, Georgetown