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Located along Mountbatten Road, the area was given conservation status on 23 July 1993. It contains 15 bungalows mainly of the Victorian and Art Deco Styles.
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Located at Meyer Place, the area was given conservation status on 14 February 1992 under the voluntary conservation scheme. It contains a two-storey Victorian bungalow integrated with a new 13-storey condominium development.
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23 Amber Road is a two-storey bungalow located off the Amber Road roundabout, adjacent to the well-known Chinese Swimming Club.
The History
The bungalow was commissioned in the early 1900s by A.W. Cashin. His father was Joseph William Cashin, a lawyer's clerk who made good and became the first Eurasian millionaire in Singapore. The latter made his fortune from opium farms (legal in the 1880s) and real estate. The Cashin family owned a vast quantity of land and properties including the Matilda House at Punggol. Cashin Street, off North Bridge Road, was also named after them. 23 Amber Road is believed to have been given to A.W. Cashin’s brother-in-law subsequently.
The bungalow originally overlooked the sea directly. However, in the 1960s-70s, the coastline was shifted due to land reclamation and new developments sprang up in the area. Since then, passers-by have been more familiar with the view of the bungalow from Amber Road.
The Building
This Victorian-style bungalow was designed in 1912 by R.A.J. Bidwell, the architect credited with many prominent colonial buildings such as Raffles Hotel, Goodwood Park Hotel and Victoria Concert Hall while he was with the firm Swan & Maclaren. The bungalow originally had double frontages, one facing Amber Road and the other facing the sea.
The Legacy
To retain the most visible part of the bungalow as well as its contribution to the identity of the street, the entrance porch and stair hall as well as part of the boundary wall facing Amber Road have been conserved and integrated with a new high-rise residential development.
Gazetted on 3 September 2007 for conservation
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Located off Amber Road, the area was given conservation status on 29 November 2004. It contains a two-storey Neo-Classical Style bungalow built in the early 1900s. It is an example of a seaside bungalow that was part of a large estate owned by the Elias family, an established Jewish family in the 1900s. It is also key to the character of the area.
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