Conserved Building

1 Dalvey Estate

Applicable Guidelines

Bungalow Guidelines

Conservation Area

Nassim Road And White House Park Conservation Area

Historic address: 1 Dalvey Estate

About

This bungalow was commissioned by E. A. Barbour & Co. in 1927 and designed by Frank Wilhelm Brewer (1886–1971), the first university-trained architect to practise in Singapore. It was the private residence of the late Ong Teng Cheong, Singapore's first elected president and himself a prominent architect.

The Building

The bungalow features all the classic Brewer hallmarks: flared eaves, oriel windows, exposed brick voussoirs, and buttressed walls.

The Legacy

In the mid-1990s, the bungalow was restored and extended by Ong Teng Cheong's architectural practice in accordance with the conservation principles of maximum retention, sensitive restoration, and careful repair.

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.