King Residence or builing 20 is located at quad C2 and comprises two groups of residences i.e. north and south. This built form was excavated in 1961-62 by Ethiopian Institute of Archaeology under Francis Anfray. It comprises of two structures marked as north (marked by red lines in the picture below) and south (marked by blue lines), joined by a structure that seems later constructed (see picture below).

It is highly probable that this built form might have been built to multiple floors however it is reconstructed only to one floor based on the limited evidence available on this excavation.

There are 18 windows on the northern section of built form 20 all on the living floor. The same structure has 6 doors two on the base floor and 4 on the living floor. Similarly the southern section has 10 windows all of them on the living floor and 5 doors three on the base floor and two on the living floor. Both the northern and the southern section of the built form have balcony with decorated arches and pillars (see pictture below).