{"id":1367,"date":"2022-11-20T19:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T00:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alllifing.com\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2023-02-02T01:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T06:01:54","slug":"the-mystery-of-caledonian-house-penangs-99-mansions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alllifing.com\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Caledonian House, Penang’s “99 Mansions”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Penang is dotted with colonial-era buildings. None, however, are shrouded in as much mystery as Caledonia House, an abandoned manor in the heart of a palm oil plantation in Nibong Tebal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This imposing mansion – replete with columns, symmetrical balusters, and porticos – was built in the 1840s for the Ramsden family, one of Britain’s wealthiest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The clan, renowned sugar tycoons in Port Wellesley (now Seberang Perai), first set up the estate as a sugar plantation before turning it into a rubber estate in the early 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n