Conserved Building
28 Nassim Road
Applicable Guidelines
Bungalow Guidelines
Conservation Area
Nassim Road And White House Park
Historic address: 28 Nassim Road
About
Eden Hall at 28 Nassim Road was built in 1904 for Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh on a four-and-a-half-acre plot that used to be part of a nutmeg plantation. Eden Hall is presently the residence of the British High Commissioner.
The History
Manasseh did not initially live in Eden Hall upon its completion, but rented it to Mrs Campbell, who ran it as a boarding house. In 1916, Ezekiel Manasseh married an English widow, Elsie Trilby Bath, and they moved to Eden Hall with Trilby's two children, Molly and Vivian.
During the Second World War, Eden Hall was occupied by the Japanese, who used it as an officers' mess. They took good care of the house and furniture, and left intact the wrought-iron staircase, which has the initial "M" incorporated into its design.
After the war, Vivian Bath, the stepson of Manasseh, regained possession of Eden Hall, which had been requisitioned for use by the British forces. When Vivian Bath decided to retire to Australia, he sold Eden Hall to the British Government in 1957 for a nominal sum, with the stipulation that a plaque be installed at the bottom of the flagpole, which reads "May the Union Jack fly here forever".
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.
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