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Soonstead is an early 20th century mansion along Northam Road. It was built by one of the early Penang millionaires Heah Swee Lee. It was originally known as Northam Lodge. At that time it was fashionable for the nouveau riche among the Chinese to erect ostentacious homes in the European style.

Northam Lodge was eventually sold to another rich Penang family, the Soons, and was renamed Soonstead. The mansion changed hands again in 1973, when it became the property of the late Tan Sri Loh Boon Siew.

In the subsequent decades Soonstead fell into disrepair with the passing of Tan Sri Loh. Recently, it was restored by the Bayview Group, which has links to the Boon Siew Group. The upper floor holds memorabilia of the late Tan Sri Loh while the ground floor is for social functions and product launches. The building will revert to its original name, Northam Lodge.







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