Heritage record
White House at Kot Diji
SindhBuildingProtected
This building was constructed by Faiz Muhammad Talpur I during 1885-1890. It is a double storey burnt brick building. Iron girders are used in the roofing. The walls are lime plastered and painted with floral patterns. A verandah is enclosing the building and a boundary wall has also been provided with two entrance gates. The first floor has four rooms with verandahs on two sides while the second floor has two rooms and a hall covered on one side by a verandah. The ground floor contains six rooms while there is a basement as well. The building has arches all over and multiple types of columns are used in the building. It is completely white washed.
- Record ID
- 5217
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Khairpur
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Building
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 27.34111, 68.70780 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Jansen, Michael, Yasmeen Lari. (2015). Inventory of Cultural Property in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan, 2015. Government of Sindh, Vol 3.
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