PHRA THINANG WEHART CHUMURN.
 
 
 


 

PHRA THINANG WEHART CHAMRUN.  This Chinese-style two-storyed mansion was built by the equivalent of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and presented to King Chulalongkorn in 1889.  Prince Ookhtomsky recorded that.
      " It is really a palace of romance, with ornamented tiled floors,massive ebony furniture, gold, silver, and porcelain freely used for decorative purposes, and delicate fretwork on the columns and on the windows.  Evidently we have before us the principal sight of Bang Pa-In.  The Emperor of China himself can scarecely have a palace much finer than this"
       The  ground floor contains a Chinese-style throne; the upper storey houses an altar enshrining the name plates of King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn with their respective queens.  This Chinese-style mansion was the favourite residence of King Vajiravudh (1910-1925) when he visited Bang Pa-In Palace.
 

 


 
 
 

PHRA TAMNAK FAI NAI.
 

        Within the precincts of the Inner Palace were many Western-style buildings of one or two storeys for the ladies of the court,of which only a few remain today.