User:Braincollapse/Neel kuthi

Location and History
Neel kuthi was built by the English East India Company, sometime at the beginning of the indigo trade and management. It is a two-storied structure located in further North of Panam in Sonargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh across the Mughal Bridge on Dulalpur road. The structure is located at a safe distance from the prevailing neighborhood of locals.

Feature
The structure has a combination of Mughal and local decorative features. The building has a courtyard in the front, which was used for packaging and processing Indigo-powder and the surrounding rooms were used for storage. The building in the front was used as an office, while the back building is fortified with blank wall surfaces. The main entrance is located on the road and another side entrance is on the middle of the North wall. Next to the side entry lays the stairs to the upper floor. The upper floor is provided with a mezzanine for storage purposes.