Agnes Keith House — Attraction in Sabah

At first, I just wanted to come and experience the experience of enjoying an English afternoon tea like many friends who always share photos of themselves enjoying their English afternoon tea at Agnes Keith House. We arrived at the restaurant and were greeted by a calm atmosphere, surrounded by a veranda on a hill full of beautiful greenery. We chose afternoon tea for a set of 4 people, hot tea with several types of cakes and muffins complete with butter and jam, while enjoying the evening breeze around Agnes Keith's House, the atmosphere is truly unique. You will definitely feel it if you are at this restaurant. While we were at the restaurant for about an hour, we were also treated to nostalgic songs, probably Agnes Keith's family's favorite songs. If you ask me the price, you will be surprised.. I really didn't expect the price to be very, very reasonable.. After afternoon tea, we visited the Agnes Keith House museum which is just a few meters from the restaurant. An old house in the style of a Malay house.. a house with floors and wooden walls, but all the furniture was modern for that era. Oh yes.. a ticket is charged to enter this museum.. Our visit here really gave us a special experience.. as a Sabahan I feel lucky to be left with historical...

One of Sandakan Must Go Places!

Agnes Keith House is a historic site where Agnes Newton Keith, an American woman who married to a British, moved to North Borneo because of her husband's job as a British minister back in the 1920s.

There are many artifacts inside the house that were worth a while to examine. There are Ancient pots, plates, a British era fridge, phones, and many more. Additionally, the house was specifically modelled according to the description written in Agnes Keith's books. As a result, the details of the house you see would be, as accurately as possible, the same as how Agnes Keith and her family had once lived. There is also a Audio Visual Room where you can just chill out and watch a documentary regarding Sandakan's history.

As for the price, senior citizens above 55 years old would be given a free entrance while citizens younger than 55 years old would only need to pay RM2. On the other hand, foreigners will be required to pay RM15.

I strongly recommend everyone to visit this site. Hope you all would enjoy this place as...

Just close to our residence we find the restored post-war government quarters of the celebrated American authoress, Agnes Newton Keith, who resided on this hill with her beloved husband, Henry George Keith, the Conservator of Forests for North Borneo, from 1934 until 1952.

Agnes Keith wrote about life in colonial Sandakan. She was made famous by her award-winning story Land Below the Wind, which captured her experience in North Borneo with great candour and humour. The original house was destroyed during the Japanese occupation. After the war, their home was reconstructed on the foundations of their first house, amongst the overgrown gardens and ruins.

This was the first permanent timber house built by the British Government after the War. Built in a similar design to the original house, it became the official residence of the Conservator of Forests. The Keiths called it Newlands. The Sabah Museum and the Federal Department of Museums and Antiquities are proud to have restored this historical house as a heritage site...