British Residency, Lucknow 
       The live witness of freedom   revolution,1857

Cause of treaty Nawab Shuja-Udd-Daula agreed to have British resident station in Awadh,  constructed in 1775 AD for Britishers & their staff which was completed by Sadat-Ali-Khan in 1800 AD .
Many buildings were built over time according to requirements and which extended till the bank of river Gomti.

Now few building are existing in the present time.

# Baillie Guard Gate , the Entrance gate of Residency built by Saadat-Ali-khan for special guard of honour of Colonel Baillie in 19^th century 

Gate Baillie Guard

# Treasury house as the name, was built for exchange Department but in 1857 a central part of the building was converted into ordinary factory .

Backyard of the Treasury house

 

passage between treasury house and banquet hall

# Dr. Fayrer house in front of the treasury house was specially built for the surgeon of the residency , who served Britishers till his last breath.

Dr. Fayrer house

# Banquet hall, it was the two storey building built by Saadat-Ali-Khan  in European architecture and was decorated from precious European furniture and Chinese show pieces . many parties were thrown on the time of  Naseer-Udd-Deen Haider. During 1857 it was used as a Hospital.

Entrance of Banquet hall

# Main building, it was two storey building with big room and beautiful verandah and portico. There is still a big under ground place but now they are locked.   

Main Building

# Museum  half area of the main building has been converted into museum, consist the  model of  the Residency who shows how was the Residency looking in its time , here also many other designs are to present a visual accounts of the freedom struggle of 1857, old photographs, Sword lithographs and painting documents are to be shown in undergrounds Weapons, Canon rounds, guns, coins and many things are preserved but now the underground’s portion has been closed cause of some reasons.

Museum

#Cemetery , here are graveyard of those Britishers who were killed by Indian revolutionaries in 1857, if you have a soft corner, then may be during visit cemetery you became emotional cause there are also some graves of that innocence little child who were 1 or 2 years old.

# In Awadhi architecture differ from all other buildings Begum Kothi, it was built by Naseer-udd-din Haider for her European wife and Begum’s Step sister was built the imam bara and the Mosque. 

Begum Kothi

Mosque

 

Lakhaori Briks

Drainage system

Why to visit:

# If you are in Lucknow and looking for a destination who is naturally beautiful, neat & clean, full of History and peaceful then I would like to recommend you to visit British Residency who is crimping his history in his lap with amazing architecture who were remain in ruins condition but now is in under protection of A.S.I. and work of preservation and renovation is in progress...