Built in the style of an English country villa on a 5-acre compound, the palace is best known for being the residence of Sao Kya Seng and his consort Inge Sargent, and is the sole remaining palace in Hsipaw today.

[1] It was the third of three palaces or (haw in Shan) constructed in Hsipaw, the others built by Sao Khun Sai in 1888, and Sakhantha Palace, built by Sao Khe in 1922.

[5] The palace's left wing was burned down during World War II, while the rest of the building remains intact.

[5] Following the 1962 Burmese coup d'état, Sao Kya Seng was detained by authorities.

[4] His family vacated the palace premises in 1963, after 11 months of house arrest.