red building archaeological site

Terrain

General Condition

Red Building archaeological site is located on the coast of Laem Sing Beach. Along Highway No. 3149, almost at the western end of the beach. Close to Laem Sing Pier About 300 meters from the ancient chicken manure prison to the west, it is a single-storey brick building painted in red. (So ​​it is called the Red Building)

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Gulf of Thailand, Chanthaburi River, Khlong Phlio

Geological conditions

Laem Sing Beach is a coastal area. Caused by the deposition of mangrove sediments or sediments up to tidal plains. The deposition in the Quaternary era

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Red building archaeological site was built during the reign of King Chulalongkorn. The French Army was built to serve as a headquarter and a residence for military officers who guard Pak Nam Laem Sing. When the French occupied Chanthaburi (1893)

Red Building is a one-story brick building painted in red. (Therefore, it is called the Red Building) The roof is tiled with a roof covering the balcony on all 4 sides. The gable is divided into 2 parts by pillars, divided into left and right sides. Each side is decorated with semicircular stucco. Inside the semicircle are 6 cross-shaped light holes.

The building has door openings on all sides, 2 on each side, totaling 8 doors, and having 6 window openings on each side, totaling 12. The shutters are made of wood. The interior of the building is divided into 5 rooms, each separated by brick and plaster walls and has a central door that runs through each other. The top of the wall divides the room into square openings that pass through each other on both sides (ventilation channels) at the balcony around the building on all 4 sides. There is a wooden fence on the outside and pillars supporting the eaves. In addition, the survey found the conservation of buildings by strapping and tying around the building with slings.

According to the Department of Fine Arts, the red building, 7 meters wide and 32 meters long, was restored by the Fine Arts Department in 1985 and used to be a public library and a center for non-school education. At present, inside exhibits a signboard explaining the history of Chanthaburi, the crisis of R.E. 112, the history of the Red Building. and Pak Nam Laem Sing cannon