Captain Bush Lane in Bangkok

Each week we post a link to an article in Bangkok 101 - https://www.bangkok101.com/.

This week we chose to share with you an article about Captain Bush Lane - https://www.bangkok101.com/captain-bush-lane-mar-2018/ - original article written by Luc Citrinot.

 “Not many foreigners have their name given to a street in Bangkok”

John Bush came to Thailand in 1857 after the Bowring Treaty was signed between Siam and Britain.

King Rama IV requested that John Bush aid the trade on the Chao Phraya River – John Bush did admirably for 30 years whist creating the Bangkok Dock Company and also making him enormously rich.

John Bush built a wonderful villa which copied the ‘Palladian’ style of the northern Italian mansions. And the mansion stills stands next to the oldest embassy in Thailand – the Portuguese embassy.

The building stood empty for a while after the death of John Bush but was recently restored and now is a building which proudly stands near the River Chao Phraya and is known in #Bangkok as ‘House No.1’.

Near the home are also the historical warehouses – built by the Leaonowens family – who were the British Educators of the Royal children during the reign of King Mongkut.

There are also the warehouses built by the Japanese 70 years ago for transporting war materials on the Thai-Burmese railway to Rangoon – which now serve as art spaces, shops, boutiques and more.

An interesting area in Bangkok to visit; enjoy Bangkok and, if you do come to Bangkok, please think of staying with us at Cape House OR Kantary House.