Situated along the Judges Court Road, a small oval tablet above the door of the house bears this inscription: "The house, known as Hastings House, originally the country seat of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Fort William in Bengal, 1774-I785, was bought as State Guest House by Lord Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, in 1901." For some time it was used as a lodge for Indian princes visiting Kolkata. The house should be of some nostalgic fascination for tourists who are interested in the history of the British period in India.