Conserved Building

2 Peirce Road

Applicable Guidelines

Bungalow Guidelines

Conservation Area

Holland Park And Ridout Park Conservation Area

Historic address: 2 Peirce Drive

About

This black and white bungalow was built in 1912 by the architectural firm Williams and Steadman for prominent businessman Ong Sam Leong (1857–1918).

The History

In 1923, well-known accountant Osborne Robert Sacheverel Bateman acquired the bungalow. It was later sold to business magnate and founder of Cathay Organisation, Loke Wan Tho, in 1947, after which the Government of India acquired the property.

The Building

The bungalow's style is Tropical Tudorbethan, characterised by half-timbered black and white façades and steeply pitched roofs with gable ends, adapted for the tropical climate.

The Legacy

The bungalow was reinstated to its former glory in 2009.

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.