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	\| image = Koti Residency Deborah Hutton.jpg		\| image = Koti Residency Deborah Hutton.jpg
	\| image_size = ~~150px~~		\| image_size = 250px
			\| caption = Front [[façade]] of the Koti Residency
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|17.3837248\|N\|78.4847522\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline, title}}		\| coordinates = {{coord\|17.3837248\|N\|78.4847522\|E\|format=dms\|display=inline, title}}
	\| building_type = [[Ambassadorial residence]]		\| building_type = [[Ambassadorial residence]]
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	\| location = [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh\|Hyderabad]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh\|Hyderabad]], [[India]]
	\| completion_date = ''Circa'' ~~1798~~		\| completion_date = ''Circa'' 1805
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	'''Koti Residency''' or '''British Residency''' or "Hyderabad Residency" is an opulent mansion built by [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] in the [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]]. Kirkpatrick was [[British Resident]] of Hyderabad between 1798 and 1805. It is a minor tourist attraction located in the suburb of [[Koti, Hyderabad\|Koti]], [[Hyderabad]].		'''Koti Residency''' or '''British Residency''' or "Hyderabad Residency" is an opulent mansion built by [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] in the [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]]. Kirkpatrick was [[British Resident]] of Hyderabad between 1798 and 1805. It is a minor tourist attraction located in the suburb of [[Koti, Hyderabad\|Koti]], [[Hyderabad]].

	The building with its classical [[portico]] is in the style of a [[Palladian villas of the Veneto\|Palladian villa]] and is similar in design to its near-contemporary in the United States, the [[White House]]. It features in the 2002 [[William Dalrymple (historian)\|William Dalrymple]] book ''[[White Mughals]]''. The house was designed by Lieutenant Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers and construction began in 1803.		The building with its classical [[portico]] is in the style of a [[Palladian villas of the Veneto\|Palladian villa]] and is similar in design to its near-contemporary in the United States, the [[White House]]. It features in the 2002 [[William Dalrymple (historian)\|William Dalrymple]] book ''[[White Mughals]]''. The house was designed by [[Lieutenant]] Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers and construction began in 1803.

	==History==		==History==
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	Kirkpatrick built the mansion for himself and his Indian wife Khair un Nissa, who bore him two surviving children who were sent to England by the age of five and never saw them again due to the early deaths of their parents.		Kirkpatrick built the mansion for himself and his Indian wife Khair un Nissa, who bore him two surviving children who were sent to England by the age of five and never saw them again due to the early deaths of their parents.

	The building was at once the embassy of the [[East India Company]] to the court of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], and the residence of James Kirkpatrick, the British Resident, as well as his successors. Within its compound there were several quarters, including a ''[[zenana]]'' (women's quarters) where Khair un Nissa lived. Within the compound is a miniature model of the building- legend has it that this was so Kirkpatrick's wife, who remained in [[purdah]], could see the entire mansion, including the front. This scaled model has recently been beautifully restored.		The building was once the embassy of the [[East India Company]] to the court of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], and the residence of James Kirkpatrick, the British Resident, as well as his successors. Within its compound there were several quarters, including a ''[[zenana]]'' (women's quarters) where Khair un Nissa lived. Within the compound is a miniature model of the building- legend has it that this was so Kirkpatrick's wife, who remained in [[purdah]], could see the entire mansion, including the front. This scaled model has recently been beautifully restored.

	During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a group of rebels, led by [[Maulvi Allauddin]] and [[Turrebaz Khan]], attacked the residency. After the events of 1857, the British erected [[Martello tower\|martello towers]] at the residency, which were demolished in 1954.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf\|title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India\|last=Khalidi\|first=Omar\|publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture\|year=2009\|location=Massachusetts Institute of Technology\|pages=115\|author-link=Omar Khalidi\|access-date=31 January 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313131458/https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf\|archive-date=13 March 2020\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a group of rebels, led by [[Maulvi Allauddin]] and [[Turrebaz Khan]], attacked the residency. After the events of 1857, the British erected [[Martello tower\|martello towers]] at the residency, which were demolished in 1954.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf\|title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India\|last=Khalidi\|first=Omar\|publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture\|year=2009\|location=Massachusetts Institute of Technology\|pages=115\|author-link=Omar Khalidi\|access-date=31 January 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313131458/https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf\|archive-date=13 March 2020\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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	After independence in 1947, the building became vacant. In 1949 it was converted into a women's college, [[University College for Women, Koti\|Osmania University College for Women]].		After independence in 1947, the building became vacant. In 1949 it was converted into a women's college, [[University College for Women, Koti\|Osmania University College for Women]].

	After a court directive to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], it is now a protected monument.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071223003743/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/31/stories/2006083123110400.htm] "Court directive to Archaeological Survey of India", The Hindu, March 22, 2012</ref> However, the building ~~has~~ suffered much damage and part of the ceiling ~~has~~ collapsed.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The British Residency in Hyderabad\|url=http://www.minorsights.com/2014/04/the-hyderabad-residency.html\|publisher=Minor Sights\|access-date=23 July 2014\|date=May 2014}}</ref>		After a court directive to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], it is now a protected monument.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071223003743/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/31/stories/2006083123110400.htm] "Court directive to Archaeological Survey of India", The Hindu, March 22, 2012</ref> However, the building suffered much damage over the years and part of the ceiling had collapsed.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The British Residency in Hyderabad\|url=http://www.minorsights.com/2014/04/the-hyderabad-residency.html\|publisher=Minor Sights\|access-date=23 July 2014\|date=May 2014}}</ref> It was placed on the [[2002 World Monuments Watch]] list.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Nanisetti \|first=Serish \|date=2023-02-10 \|title=Of romance, rebellion and restoration \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/of-romance-rebellion-and-restoration/article66484593.ece \|access-date=2023-04-20 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Restoration works were completed in January 2023, the result of an effort spanning over 20 years.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Mollan \|first=Cherylann \|date=28 January 2023 \|title=In photos: A makeover for 200-year-old India heritage building \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64300791 \|access-date=29 January 2023 \|website=BBC News}}</ref>

	=== List of British Residents ===		=== List of British Residents ===
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	*Sir Lennox Russell (1919–1925)		*Sir Lennox Russell (1919–1925)
	*Sir Duncan Mackenzie (1935–1938)		*Sir Duncan Mackenzie (1935–1938)
	*Sir Arthur Lothian (1942–1946)		*[[Arthur Cunningham Lothian\|Sir Arthur Lothian]] (1942–1946)

	== Architecture ==		== Architecture ==
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	== References ==		== References ==
	~~{{commons category\|Koti Residency}}~~
	<references/>		<references/>

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	'''Koti Residency''' or '''British Residency''' or "Hyderabad Residency" is an opulent mansion built by [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] in the [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]]. Kirkpatrick was [[British Resident]] of Hyderabad between ~~1798–1805~~. It is a minor tourist attraction located in the suburb of [[Koti, Hyderabad\|Koti]], [[Hyderabad]].		'''Koti Residency''' or '''British Residency''' or "Hyderabad Residency" is an opulent mansion built by [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] in the [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]]. Kirkpatrick was [[British Resident]] of Hyderabad between 1798 and 1805. It is a minor tourist attraction located in the suburb of [[Koti, Hyderabad\|Koti]], [[Hyderabad]].

	The building with its classical [[portico]] is in the style of a [[Palladian villas of the Veneto\|Palladian villa]] and is similar in design to its near-contemporary in the United States, the [[White House]]. It features in the 2002 [[William Dalrymple (historian)\|William Dalrymple]] book ''[[White Mughals]]''. The house was designed by Lieutenant Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers and construction began in 1803.		The building with its classical [[portico]] is in the style of a [[Palladian villas of the Veneto\|Palladian villa]] and is similar in design to its near-contemporary in the United States, the [[White House]]. It features in the 2002 [[William Dalrymple (historian)\|William Dalrymple]] book ''[[White Mughals]]''. The house was designed by Lieutenant Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers and construction began in 1803.

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{{Infobox building
| name = Koti Residency
| image = Koti Residency Deborah Hutton.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| coordinates = {{coord|17.3837248|N|78.4847522|E|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| building_type = [[Ambassadorial residence]]
| architectural_style = [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]]
| structural_system =
| location = [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]]
| completion_date = ''Circa'' 1798
| opened =
| main_contractors =
| architect = Samuel Russell
| structural_engineer =
| current_tenants = [[University College for Women, Koti]]
}}
'''Koti Residency''' or '''British Residency''' or "Hyderabad Residency" is an opulent mansion built by [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] in the [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]]. Kirkpatrick was [[British Resident]] of Hyderabad between 1798–1805. It is a minor tourist attraction located in the suburb of [[Koti, Hyderabad|Koti]], [[Hyderabad]].

The building with its classical [[portico]] is in the style of a [[Palladian villas of the Veneto|Palladian villa]] and is similar in design to its near-contemporary in the United States, the [[White House]]. It features in the 2002 [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]] book ''[[White Mughals]]''. The house was designed by Lieutenant Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers and construction began in 1803.

==History==
[[File:British_residence,_Hyderabad.jpg|thumb|The British Residency photographed by [[Lala Deen Dayal]] in the 1880s.]]
[[File:The_arched_gateway_of_the_then_British_Residency,_partially_in_water_during_the_Great_Musi_Flood_of_1908.jpg|thumb|The arched gateway of the then British Residency, partially in water during the [[Great Musi Flood of 1908]].]]
Kirkpatrick built the mansion for himself and his Indian wife Khair un Nissa, who bore him two surviving children who were sent to England by the age of five and never saw them again due to the early deaths of their parents.

The building was at once the embassy of the [[East India Company]] to the court of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], and the residence of James Kirkpatrick, the British Resident, as well as his successors. Within its compound there were several quarters, including a ''[[zenana]]'' (women's quarters) where Khair un Nissa lived. Within the compound is a miniature model of the building- legend has it that this was so Kirkpatrick's wife, who remained in [[purdah]], could see the entire mansion, including the front. This scaled model has recently been beautifully restored.

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a group of rebels, led by [[Maulvi Allauddin]] and [[Turrebaz Khan]], attacked the residency. After the events of 1857, the British erected [[Martello tower|martello towers]] at the residency, which were demolished in 1954.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf|title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India|last=Khalidi|first=Omar|publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture|year=2009|location=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|pages=115|author-link=Omar Khalidi|access-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313131458/https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf|archive-date=13 March 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After independence in 1947, the building became vacant. In 1949 it was converted into a women's college, [[University College for Women, Koti|Osmania University College for Women]].

After a court directive to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], it is now a protected monument.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071223003743/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/31/stories/2006083123110400.htm] "Court directive to Archaeological Survey of India", The Hindu, March 22, 2012</ref> However, the building has suffered much damage and part of the ceiling has collapsed.<ref>{{cite web|title=The British Residency in Hyderabad|url=http://www.minorsights.com/2014/04/the-hyderabad-residency.html|publisher=Minor Sights|access-date=23 July 2014|date=May 2014}}</ref>

=== List of British Residents ===

*Major-General [[William Kirkpatrick (East India Company officer)|William Kirkpatrick]] (1795–1797) (before the residency was built)
*Major [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] (1797–1805)
*Captain Thomas Sydenham (1806–1810)
*Sir [[Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Baronet|Henry Russell]] (1811–1820)
*Sir [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe|Charles Metcalfe]] (1820–1825)
*Colonel Cuthbert Davidson (1857–1862)
*Sir [[Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet|Richard Temple]] (1867–1868)
*C. B. Saunders (1868–1872)
*Sir [[Richard John Meade|Richard Meade]] (1875–1881)
*John Graham Cordery (1883–1888)
*Sir Trevor Chichele Plowden<ref>David Smith, "letters Reveal Heartbreak of Young Winston, The Guardian 9 November 2003, https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/09/booksnews.redbox; see also Ramachandra Guha, "Churchill in Bangalore," The Hindu Magazine, December 21, 2003 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/12/21/stories/2003122100040300.htm</ref>
*[[Michael O'Dwyer]] (1908–1909)
*Colonel Alexander Pinhey (1911–1916)
*Sir [[Stuart Fraser (diplomat)|Stuart Fraser]] (1916–1919)
*Sir Lennox Russell (1919–1925)
*Sir Duncan Mackenzie (1935–1938)
*Sir Arthur Lothian (1942–1946)

== Architecture ==
The building is in the [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]] style, with a classical portico. Six [[Corinthian columns]] support the roof. Within its compound there were several quarters, including a ''[[zenana]]'' quarter.

== References ==
{{commons category|Koti Residency}}
<references/>

[[Category:Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Hyderabad State]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Royal residences in India]]
[[Category:Residencies of British India]]
[[Category:1805 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Palaces in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in India]]

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