Showing posts with label Beach Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beach Street. Show all posts

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Honour

This building is located on Beach Street, Penang, Malaysia.  I don't remember the name of the building.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Standard Chartered Bank


The Standard Chartered Bank building on Beach Street is a stout four-storey structure in British Palladian style. The Chartered bank of India, China and Australia arrived on Penang shores in 1875, making it the oldest bank branch in Malaysia. It is one of the two British exchange banks in this region; the other being the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank directly on the opposite side of the road. The present building was completed in 1930, and is houses the bank today. The building displays a combination of elements drawn from the Palladian, Classical and Art Deco architectural styles.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Take Me To India

India House is a double-storey building in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is located on the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Ghaut, and carries an address on both streets. It was built in 1937 in the Indian Art Deco style, by S.N.A.S Sockalingam Chettiar. Today it appears a bit worn down, but when it was first built, it was the highest assessment payer along expensive Beach Street.