Rumah Tok Su, Alor Setar

Rumah Tok Su, Alor Setar (2 August, 2015)


Rumah Tok Su (GPS: 6.14791, 100.37173) is a traditional Malay house that has been restored and rebuilt in Alor Setar, Kedah. As with Rumah Seri Banai next to it, this house was built as part of the Malay Heritage Village, a brainchild of then Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Sanusi Junid. The house was originally built in Kampung Permatang Kerat Telunjuk, which is in Bandar Baharu District in southern Kedah.

Rumah Tok Su, as we know it presently, is named after the final owner, whose father was the headman of Kampung Permatang Kerat Telunjuk. The house was built a hundred years ago by Tok Su's grandfather, a Tuan Haji Mahmud. It is a sprawling structure comprising six different wings around a main hall, which is called the "Rumah Ibu Berbumbung Potongan Belanda", adjoined by the verandah, the middle hall, the in-between chamber, the kitchen and platform.

A platform, or landing, at Rumah Tok Su, Alor Setar (2 August, 2015)


A side chamber at Rumah Tok Su, Alor Setar (2 August, 2015)


Rear portion of Rumah Tok Su, Alor Setar (2 August, 2015)

Rumah Tok Su on Google Maps Street View

Rumah Tok Su

A platform, or landing, at Rumah Tok Su, Alor Setar (2 August, 2015)


Here I am at Rumah Tok Su, Alor Setar (2 August, 2015)

Rumah Tok Su is on the Map of Alor Setar

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