(The computer colored photo shot in the reign of King Rama V)
Suan Kurab (= rose garden) Manor is located in the outer part of the Grand Palace. It originally was not a manor but just a garden for growing the roses by the command of King Rama II.
In the reign of King Rama III, he had the garden changed into a Chinese styled building, according to the trend in that time, and used it to store monks’ robes and such for royal rites
In the reign of King Rama IV, he then ordered the building renovated to become a royal residence. He gave it the name “Suan Kurab Manor” and gave it to his heir, Prince Chulalongkorn, after leaving his monk-hood.
When Prince Chulalongkorn took the throne after his father and became King Rama V, he gave this manor to one of his half younger brothers.
Until his half younger brother moved out, he then changed the manor into a school for the court's official's families.
In 1898, the school was moved out to a new location which is now Suan Kurab School [closed to Sapan Phut (Memorial Bridge)]. The old school had been changed to become a small hospital for the court's officials for quite a long time before it, finally, was out of significant jobs in the reign of King Rama VII and used to store general things.
In 1982, by the command of the Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the building has been revived and become once again a school for children from kindergarten up to junior high school. It was given official name as “Suan Kurab Manor School”