Landmark· Mahé (east coast)· Seychelles
Kenwyn House, Victoria
4° 37.6′ S · 55° 27.2′ E
An 1855 French-colonial mansion on Francis Rachel Street, one of the finest old houses in Victoria and a National Monument since 1984.
Practical
Position from OpenStreetMap. Built in 1855; later owned by the Eastern Telegraph Company, which housed cable engineers there and named it after the Cornish village that supplied the cables. Renovated in 2018 by Gran Kaz, which leases it from Cable & Wireless (Wikipedia). A few minutes' walk from the clock tower.
Best for
Colonial architecture on a town walk
Nearby
- Hodoul Island Heronry (Victoria harbour)0.1 NM away
- Seychelles Yacht Club (Victoria)0.1 NM away
- Festival Kreol (International Creole Festival)0.2 NM away
- Independence Day (29 June) and Constitution Day (18 June)0.2 NM away
- Islands Development Company Landing Permission0.2 NM away
- Islands Development Company Office (outer-island landing permits)0.2 NM away
- National Museum of History, Victoria0.2 NM away
- Northwest Monsoon Season (Dec-Apr)0.2 NM away