Conserved Building
10 Gilstead Road
Applicable Guidelines
Bungalow Guidelines
Conservation Area
Gilstead Road No. 10 Conservation Area
Historic address: 10 Gilstead Road
Beulah House
About
This two-storey bungalow with a turret is prominently located at the junction of Gilstead Road and Evelyn Road in the established residential neighbourhood of Bukit Timah.
The Building
Archival plans show that it was built for Mrs Florence Boudewyn in the early 1920s. The bungalow was once part of a pair, however, the other has been redeveloped into high-rise apartments next door.
It is designed in the style of Edwardian Baroque which was popular until the arrival of the Art Deco and Modern Movement in the 1930s to Singapore. Due to rapid redevelopment, very few of such bungalows remain. Of the type commonly known as ‘House with Turret’, a grander example would be the Golden Bell at Pender Road on the Southern Ridges.
Whilst the residence is simple in form, the eye is naturally drawn to the turret that highlights the building’s asymmetrical layout. The cylindrical tower with decorative dentils and relief mouldings is topped with a conical roof with fish-scale clay tiles. The ground floor has graceful semi-circular arched openings with key-stones and the judicious application of moulded plaster panels, cornices and other detailing complete the refined appearance of the building. This look is complemented with other period elements on the interior, such as the multicoloured Staffordshire tile flooring- a material widely used during that period. Still gracing the entrance to the compound are the original gate posts that were shifted to accommodate a wider driveway.
The Legacy
Archival plans show that it was built for Mrs Florence Boudewyn in the early 1920s. The bungalow was once part of a pair, however, the other has been redeveloped into high-rise apartments next door.
It is designed in the style of Edwardian Baroque which was popular until the arrival of the Art Deco and Modern Movement in the 1930s to Singapore. Due to rapid redevelopment, very few of such bungalows remain. Of the type commonly known as ‘House with Turret’, a grander example would be the Golden Bell at Pender Road on the Southern Ridges.
Whilst the residence is simple in form, the eye is naturally drawn to the turret that highlights the building’s asymmetrical layout. The cylindrical tower with decorative dentils and relief mouldings is topped with a conical roof with fish-scale clay tiles. The ground floor has graceful semi-circular arched openings with key-stones and the judicious application of moulded plaster panels, cornices and other detailing complete the refined appearance of the building. This look is complemented with other period elements on the interior, such as the multicoloured Staffordshire tile flooring- a material widely used during that period. Still gracing the entrance to the compound are the original gate posts that were shifted to accommodate a wider driveway.
Guidelines and Procedures
All proposed works will need to comply with the Conservation Guidelines and the Specific Restoration Guidelines (SRG). Conservation Permission is required before all additions & alteration works and operations of new use can begin.
Residential Fronts are characterised by timber casement windows flanking a double-leafed timber door. All buildings with residential front which is existing and/or identified in the 'Specific Restoration Guidelines', regardless of land use zoning, shall be retained and restored.
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