Conserved Building

7 Kim Yam Road

Applicable Guidelines

Secondary Settlement Guidelines

Conservation Area

River Valley Conservation Area

Historic address: 7 Kim Yam Road

About

This pre-war terrace house was previously the ancestral hall of the Teochew Kang Hay T'ng, a Chinese clan association.

The Building

Of interest are the two scroll plaques above the first storey windows, bearing Chinese calligraphic characters in traditional script. When read together from right to left, the characters 瑞氣祥光 (rui qi xiang guang) mean auspiciousness.

The Legacy

Over time, the house's façade had undergone insensitive alterations. Restoration works carried out from 2002 to 2003 restored the house to its former glory, including the reinstatement of the Chinese style canopy, which had been replaced with a corrugated metal sheet, and the French windows, which had been replaced with architecturally incompatible types.

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.