Soon Mansion, Lunas

Soon Mansion, Lunas (28 January, 2007)


Soon Mansion is the name of the mansion built by Soon Ah Lee @ Baba Lee, one of the three men credited to have founded the town of Lunas, Kedah.

Soon Mansion is located at 58 Jalan Padang Serai, Lunas, Kedah. It was completed in 1928, and it housed the whole soon clan. In the entrance hall are photos of Soon Ah Lee flanked by the portraits of his two wives. This Palladian-style bungalow is one of the most distinguished buildings in Lunas. However, presently it is unoccupied.

Members of the Penang Heritage Trust (of which I was then a Council Member) had a site visit here in January 2007. Since my visit, the compound of the mansion has been turned into a hawker centre called The Old Mansion.

Soon Mansion, Lunas (28 January, 2007)


The empty reception hall of Soon Mansion, Lunas (28 January, 2007)


Family items in Soon Mansion being kept away in storage. (28 January, 2007)


View of the reception hall of Soon Mansion, looking towards the front door. (28 January, 2007)


The French windows upstairs at Soon Mansion. (28 January, 2007)


The view from the roof level at Soon Mansion. (28 January, 2007)


The kitchen and servant quarters at Soon Mansion. (28 January, 2007)

How to go to the Soon Mansion

Exit the Butterworth-Kulim Expressway into Lunas. Go along the main road, passing through Lunas town. Immediately outside town, you arrive at a traffic junction. Turn right. Soon Mansion is located about 100 meters after the junction, on the left side of the road. The front portion of the mansion has since been turned into a hawker centre called The Old Mansion.

Updates on Soon Mansion

17 July, 2015
Just like the Lunas Rubber Smoke House, the compound of Soon Mansion is likewise being occupied by a hawker centre, The Old Mansion.

Soon Mansion is on the Map of Lunas

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