Conserved Building
44 Prinsep Street
Applicable Guidelines
Historic District Guidelines
Conservation Area
Cheang Jim Chwan Place Conservation Area
Historic address: 1 Cheang Jim Chwan Place
About
This development, comprising 44 to 58 (even numbers) Prinsep Street and 1 to 21 Cheang Jim Chwan Place, consists of 29 Early style shophouses dating from the 19th century. A unique feature of the development is the intimate mews-style cluster of 21 shophouses on Cheang Jim Chwan Place, accessible through the first storey of 52 Prinsep Street.
The History
Prinsep Street used to be better known among Singapore's Chinese community by its colloquial name xiao po liu ma lu (小坡六马路), Mandarin for "Little Town's sixth road". The nearby Waterloo Street is still commonly referred to as si ma lu (四马路), Mandarin for "fourth road".
The Building
The shophouses are characterised by their plain façades and low floor-to-ceiling height, the result of limited access to imported building materials, technology, and skilled labour.
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.
Explore Street View
The building can be found at this street.