Conserved Building

209 South Bridge Road

Applicable Guidelines

Historic District Guidelines

Conservation Area

Chinatown - Telok Ayer Conservation Area

Historic address: 209 South Bridge Road

About

Designed in 1908 by Wee Teck Moh, one of Singapore's most prominent shophouse Classicists.

The Building

A unique feature of this shophouse is the use of Palladian windows — a three-part window composed of an arched central section flanked by two narrower, shorter sections with flat tops.

The Legacy

Prior to the restoration of this shophouse, most of its roof structure was in need of repair and the five-foot way at the side had been enclosed. Restoration works included the replacement of decayed timber structural members, sensitive repair of the façade's plaster relief mouldings, and the reinstatement of the five-foot way to its original function as a walkway.

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.