A little fort
White crenellations.
Marufish from Alor Setar, Malaysia — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Boonjinchung — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Horatio Wong — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yeo Jiun Tzen — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Unknown — CC BY 4.0
A small white building shaped like a fort, with crenellated parapets and a hexagonal corner turret, standing on the Kuching waterfront on the south bank of the Sarawak River. It was built in 1879 as a prison in the era of the White Rajahs, around the same time Fort Margherita was built on the opposite bank. It replaced a wooden building on the site that burned down in 1857 in the uprising of Chinese gold miners. The stone building later served many purposes, from prison to fortress to dance hall, and it bears the Brooke family's coat of arms on its facade. Today the tower houses a restaurant that mostly opens in the evening, so by day you see it from outside, and it looks best after sunset with the waterfront lights and the golden assembly building across the river. It stands mid-way along the waterfront, so pass it on a riverside stroll between the Tua Pek Kong Temple and the Old Court House.
White crenellations.
On the facade.
With the assembly across the river.
Kuching Waterfront, facing Fort Margherita across the river
Kuching Waterfront and Darul Hana BridgeThe waterfront is the heart of Kuching and its loveliest part: a promenade of ab1 minute walk
Old Court HouseAn elegant white complex from the era of Sarawak's White Rajahs, built by Charle1 minute walk
Textile Museum SarawakA small, elegant museum in the Pavilion Building, a three-storey colonial buildi3 minutes walk
Fort Margherita and the Brooke GalleryA small white fort in the style of an English castle, built in 1879 by Charles B6 minutes walk
Chinese History Museum, KuchingA small, elegant building on the waterfront, built in 1912 as the headquarters o6 minutes walkIt houses a restaurant that mostly opens in the evening, so you can go in as a diner; by day it is seen from outside.