99-Door Mansion, Nibong Tebal

99 Door Mansion, Nibong Tebal (26 May 2010)


The 99-Door Mansion (GPS: 5.17569, 100.45625) is an early 20th century estate manor in Nibong Tebal, Seberang Perai. According to the number on top of the house, it was built in 1917. The two-storey mansion has ten rooms and is said to have a total of ninety doors.

The 99-Door Mansion is located in the midst of Byram Estate (or perhaps Victoria Estate), an estate which began as a sugar cane plantation in the 19th century. Its actual name is most likely Caledonian House. Around 1880, a drop in the commodity prices of sugar compelled the estate to switch from sugar cane to rubber. In the 1960's, low commodity price for rubber forced another switch, to palm oil.

The owner of the house, John St Maur Ramsden, was murdered here in 1928. He was shot twice from the back of his head, as he was climbing up the stairs of the building. The murder remained unsolved to this day.

Side view of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


On my visit to the 99-Door Mansion, I found that it was empty. There are a couple of estate workers at the palm oil plantation. I spoke to them, and found out the date the mansion was built. I even saw an Astro dish. According to the estate worker, it belonged to the caretaker who used to live there.

There are a lot of broken furniture scattered throughout the house and refuse everywhere. The staircase to the upper floor is boarded up to prevent trespassers from going upstairs. There are grafitti on the walls all around the house. At the rear side of the house is a toilet, probably for the use of the caretaker.

The 99-Door Mansion actually looks more like a school than a residence. The rooms on either wings of the mansion appear like classrooms. In all likelihood, it might have been used as a school, a notion that still need to be researched.

Design on the Front Porch of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)

Updates on 99-Door Mansion

27 July 2020
A fire broke out at the 99-Door Mansion damaging 70% of the building.

How to reach the 99-Door Mansion

Leave the North-South Expressway Northern Route (E1) at Exit 156 (Jawi Interchange). After the toll plaza, turn left and go south along Federal Route 1. After the Nibong Tebal Steel Arch Bridge, exit Federal Route 1 and follow the exit ramp under the bridge. Enter the Nibong Tebal town, and then turn right down Jalan Ooi Kar Seng (P173). Follow this road. It makes a curve to the left at Hobe Food Industries. Continue for another 200 meters then stop the car. Enter the palm oil estate on your left, and you will find the 99-Door Mansion surrounded by the oil palms.

The entrance to the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


Front portion of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


Inside the Front Porch of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


View from the staircase of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


Staircase of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


Central staircase of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


The Grand Ballroom, 99-Door Mansion (10 March 2012)


The balcony, 99-Door Mansion (10 March 2012)


The balustrades, 99-Door Mansion (10 March 2012)


Corner view, 99-Door Mansion (10 March 2012)


View of the oil palm plantation from the 99-Door Mansion (10 March 2012)


Side staircase of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


One of the rooms of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


Back portion of the 99 Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


Corridor of the 99-Door Mansion (26 May 2010)


Another view of the corridor (26 May 2010)


Group photograph with members of Penang Heritage Trust and Puan Maimunah, President of Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai (10 March 2012)

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