The Wanglee House ( th, บ้านหวั่งหลี) is a historic building in the Thai capital

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

. It sits on the west bank of the

Chao Phraya River The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Et ...

, in Khlong San District. The house was built in 1881 for Tan Siew-Wang, an influential

Chinese-Thai Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais), Thais of Chinese origin ( th, ชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีน; ''exonym and also domestically''), endonym Thai people ( th, ชาวไทย), are Chinese descenda ...

businessman and founder of the

Wanglee family The Wanglee family ( th, หวั่งหลี, from zh, 黌利) is a Thai family of Teochew Chinese descent. The family traces its origins to Tan Tsue Huang (, 1841–1920), of the Tan clan (陳, '' Chen'' in Mandarin), who arrived in Siam du ...

. A modified

Chinese courtyard house A ''siheyuan'' (; IPA: ɹ̩̂.xɤ̌.ɥɛ̂n is a historical type of residence that was commonly found throughout China, most famously in Beijing and rural Shanxi. Throughout Chinese history, the siheyuan composition was the basic pattern used ...

with two storeys and a U-shaped plan, its style is based on the family home of the Poshyananda family, to which Tan's wife belonged. The house received the

ASA Architectural Conservation Award The Architectural Conservation Award ( th, รางวัลอนุรักษ์ศิลปสถาปัตยกรรมดีเด่น) is given by the in recognition of architectural conservation efforts by both the public and privat ...

in 1984.

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Buildings and structures in Bangkok Chinese architecture in Thailand Unregistered ancient monuments in Bangkok Buildings and structures on the Chao Phraya River 1880s architecture {{Bangkok-stub

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