23 Love Lane, George Town, Penang

23 Love Lane, George Town, Penang (5 August 2012)


23 Love Lane (GPS: 5.419799, 100.337121) is a boutique hotel housed in an Anglo-Indian bungalow in George Town, Penang. It is located within the core zone of the George Town World Heritage Site, on the boundary from the buffer zone.

The two-storey building faces Love Lane to the west. Surrounded by a compound, the structure is believed to have been erected after 1877, according to studies done on a survey map of that period. 23 Love Lane is entered through a Chinese gate that is believed to have been built before 1891, as it appears on the Kelly's Survey map of 1891-96.

In 2007, 23 Love Lane was purchased by its present owner who also bought four Straits Eclectic shophouses facing Stewart Lane. At that time, the property was in a state of disrepair. The buildings underwent restoration from 2009 until 2011, and opened as a boutique hotel establishment at the end of 2011.

Contact

23 Love Lane
10200 George Town, Penang
Phone: +60-4-262 1323

Getting there

Take the Rapid Penang CAT Free Shuttle Bus to Bus Stop #6 (Muzium). Walk heading west along Farquhar Street until junction with Love Lane. Turn left into Love Lane then continue south till you reach 23 Love Lane on your left.

23 Love Lane, George Town, Penang (5 August 2012)


The Chinese Gate of 23 Love Lane (5 August 2012)

23 Love Lane during restoration

23 Love Lane under restoration (17 April 2011)

23 Love Lane is on the Map of Hotels in George Town, Penang

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