Hutton Lodge a 19th century Indo-Malay bungalow from the 1890s.
This is one of the few surviving bungalow sites, set in a compound in the city.
The house originally belonged to an Indian Muslim Family. It was sold a couple of times until the current owners acquired the house in 1948. It was rented out and operated as the Pin Kung Hotel & Chinese Restaurant until the early sixties.

The house was later tenanted to many subtenants subjected to the Rent Control Act. Due to rapid dilapidation of the property, it caught fire in February 2003 and most of house was destroyed. Although the brick masonry columns and walls remain intact.

In 2006 the house was restored to its original splendor, with the exception of the first floor, where the timber flooring had to be replaced with concrete, due to new ruling by the fire department.

An annex was attached to the back of the building to house extra rooms and facilities.

Hutton Lane, stretching from the famous Penang Road to Larut road, dissected by Transfer Road was a well known Malay Residential area in the old days. It got it’s name after a British physician named Dr. Hutton who arrived in the early 19th Century and was the only registered doctor practicing in George Town.

Based on the justification on the social history architecture and town setting significance, the building was categorized as a Heritage conservation building category ll by the Municipal Council.