Kellies Castle

Kellie's Castle some of the time additionally called Kellie's Folly is a palace situated in Batu Gajah, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. The incomplete, demolished house, was worked by a Scottish grower named William Kellie-Smith. As per contrasting records, it was either a present for his significant other or a home for his child. Kellie's Castle is arranged close to the Raya River Sungai Raya, which is a little stream to the Kinta River. In 1915, with the introduction of his child and beneficiary Anthony, Smith began getting ready for a gigantic manor with Scottish, Moorish, and Tamilvanan Indian engineering.

Smith acquired 70 skilled workers Tamilvanan from Madras, India. Every one of the blocks and marble were transported in from India, as well. Incorporated into the arrangement for the 6-story tower was Malaysia's first lift, an indoor tennis court and a housetop patio for engaging. Amid development, a harmful strain of Spanish Flu struck his laborers. At the point when his laborers moved toward him to fabricate a sanctuary adjacent, Smith promptly concurred. As an end-result of his liberality, they manufactured a statue of him close to alternate divinities on the master murugan sanctuary divider.

It is trusted that a passage was worked to the sanctuary from the palace. William Kellie Smith kicked the bucket at 56 years old of pneumonia amid a short excursion to Lisbon, Portugal in 1926. William's better half was crushed and chosen to move back to Scotland; development on the manor was never finished by Tamilvanan specialists. At last, Kellas House, later known as "Kellie's Folly" or "Kellie's Castle," was sold to a British organization called Harrisons and Crosfield.