Conserved Building

45 Emerald Hill Road

Applicable Guidelines

Residential Historic District Guidelines

Conservation Area

Emerald Hill Conservation Area

Historic address: 45 Emerald Hill Road

About

This terrace house stands out with the widest frontage in Emerald Hill. The broad site makes it possible for the internal courtyard to be centrally located instead of at the side as with most terrace houses. The house also has a distinctive traditional Teochew style gateway with upturned swallow tail roof ridge decorated with cut porcelain pieces otherwise known as jian nian (剪粘).

Designed in 1903 by Wee Teck Moh for Messrs Seah, the house underwent restoration in the 1990s which kept most of its original fabric and recovered what had been lost over the years to return the house to its full glory.

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.