Planter's heritage: Preserving an important past

Hatter’s Castle, the first colonial-styled bungalow constructed on Carey Island in 1923, is a heritage building situated at Sime Darby Plantation’s oil palm estate on Carey Island, Selangor. Photos: The Star/Faihan Ghani

As our car pulled up into the driveway of Hatter’s Castle amidst a well-manicured lawn, it was almost like time stood still.

A huge ketapang (sea almond) tree and pokok ara (ficus) stand guard outside the building a short distance away.