Kellie Castle, a mansion that been designed and built to show how wealthy an estate owner and administrator are. William Kellie-Smith was the owner of the mansion. Architecturally, the mansion is influenced by the moghul style of architectural with brick finishing where the style getting popular in local architectural during that particular period especially in Kuala Lumpur.
William Kellie-Smith live in his 1st mansion named Kellas House - a symbol of his wealthy before he decided to built the Kellie Castle beside to the Kellas House after his son and daughter born which express more of his richness.Kellie Castle have never be completed due to the disease happened among the workers and a sudden death of William Kellie-Smith on way to Portugal to bring the 1st ever elevator in Malaya due to pneumonia.
After the tragedy happened, his heartbroken wife decided to go back to his hometown in Scotland by selling the estate to a British Company.
The reason that Kellie's Castle has restored to his original state, in my opinion, i think is because of the story and the tragedy happened behind the building where has make it a heritages to the local area.There are a lot of weird things happened in the mansion although the building have be ruins by time. Rumors saying that Smith's spirit are still in the building and his daughter too.
The exterior view of the building show the beauty of the brick finishing which the textures of the brick naturally becomes the decoration to the mansion.
These are the window opening on the roof top which served as a ventilation to the interior space and it is beautifully decorated with the brick finishes.
This is the small opening at the exterior of the main hall which using the moghul sytle of decoration, a flower shaped. It has enhance the beauty of building by such decoration.
This is the shelf in the store room where Smith's familly planned to store their things here.. The simple design of the shelf have balance back the decorative exterior outlook.
The wall inside the bed room have been decorated by carved sculpture which enhancing the grandness of the mansion and show the wealthiness of the family.
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