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Phra Thinang Uthayan Phumisathian was the favourite residence of King Chulalongkorn when he stayed at the Bang Pa-In Palace,
sometimes as often as three times a year. Built in 1877 of wood in the style of a two-storyed Swiss chalet, the mansion was painted in two tones of green.
In the words of Prince Ookhtomsky, a Russian officer who accompanied the Czarevitch, the future Czar Nicholas II of Russia, on a visit in 1890, it was
"furnished luxuriously and with refined taste and comfort"
*Unfortunately, while undergoing a minor repairs it was accidentally burnt down in 1938. Nowadays the new building was constructed by the Queen Sirikit's commanded.
The water tank, disguised as a crenellated Neo-Gothic tower, is remained.
Formerly used as a highwater season residence, only a few bricks remain.
Prince E. Ookhtomsky, travels in the East of Nicholas II Emperor of Russia when Cesarewitch 1890-1891. Ed. Sir George Birdwood, (London Archibald Constable and company, 1896) . Vol. II, p. 240.
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