Macalister Mansion (formerly the Choong Lye Hock Mansion) is a more than 100-year-old heritage-listed mansion located in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Built in 1880, it has been conserved and adapted for use as a hotel.[1][2]
With a floor area of about 1,700 square meters, the mansion was originally built in 1880, and is one of the oldest extent residential mansions in Penang. It was originally owned by a rich Indian moneylender, but was later bought by local peranakan nonya tycoon Choong Lye Hock, a successful businessman and property developer, who was one of the richest persons in Penang at that time.[3][4]
The Choong family moved out of the mansion in the 1970s, and rented it out as commercial space for a succession of renters. The mansion was renovated for use as a hotel in the early 2010s. The Macalister Mansion redesign was headed by Ministry of Design, a Singaporean-owned architecture firm, and renovation was completed in 2012.[5]
Name
Originally known as the Choong Lye Hock Mansion, it was renamed the Macalister Mansion after it was repuposed as a hotel in 2012. Its name reflects its location on Macalister Road, and honours Norman Macalister, a former British Governor Colonel of Penang, who was lost at sea in 1810.
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