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The Kinta Kellas Estate House - Part 1
Some 10 years after first arriving in Malaya and Ipoh William Kellie Smith successfully applied for a concession of agricultural land south of Batu Gajah, later known as Kinta Kellas Estate. Here, around 1905 he built his Estate home as pictured in the photographs taken by Kinta Heritage in 2009. Kelli is of course better known for his Kellie's Castle at the other side of Batu gajah
Consequently the house was not meant as a grand retreat but more of a relaxation home when he was needed on the Estate.
As can be seen from these photographs of the outside, this was a simple wooden home, intended to be airy and comfortable.
The house is no longer occupied apart from occasional weekends but still in local ownership although the owner has no known link to Smith.