Circulars
Development Applications involving National Monuments
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Conservation
Development Control
26 May 1999
Circular No. : URA/PB/99/13 - DCD
Our Ref. : DC 602/11-10
Date of Issue : 26 May 99
CIRCULAR TO PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS INVOLVING NATIONAL MONUMENTS
To facilitate processing of applications involving national monuments, we would like to inform you that with immediate effect, all development applications involving any national monuments listed under "The Preservation of Monuments Act" should have the monument name followed by the word "monument" in the project caption of letters, plans and forms submitted to the URA. As an example, under the "description of proposal" box in Form DC 12 (for additions/ alterations and amendment to approved additions/alterations) the project caption should read "Additions and Alterations to the Old Thong Chai Medical Institution (Monument) involving .."
A list of the 43 monuments, as at 19 March 1999 is attached for your reference.
I would appreciate it if you could convey the contents of this circular to the relevant members of your organisation.
If you or your members have any queries concerning this circular, please do not hesitate to email us at ura_cu@ura.gov.sg. We would be pleased to answer queries on this. For your information, the past circulars to the professional institutes are available from our website.
Thank you.
FOO CHEE SEE
DIRECTOR (DEVELOPMENT CONTROL)
For CHIEF PLANNER
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
List of Monuments under the Preservation of Monuments Act as at 19 March 1999
Name of Monument | Location | |
1 | The Old Thong Chai Medical Institution | Eu Tong Sen Street |
2 | Armenian Church | Hill Street |
3 | St Andrew’s Cathedral | Coleman Street |
4 | Telok Ayer Market (now Lau Pat Sa) | Raffles Quay |
5 | Thian Hock Keng | Telok Ayer Street |
6 | Sri Mariamman Temple | South Bridge Road |
7 | Hajjah Fatimah Mosque | Beach Road |
8 | Cathedral of the Good Shepherd 1843-47) | Queen Street |
9 | Nagore Durgha (Shrine) (1828-30) | Telok Ayer Street |
10 | Al-Abrar Mosque (1850-55) | Telok Ayer Street |
11 | House of Tan Yeok Nee (The Old Salvation Army HQ) | Clemenceau Avenue |
12 | Tan Si Chong Su (1876-78) | Magazine Road |
13 | Jamae Mosque (Rebuilt 1830-35) | South Bridge Road |
14 | Sultan Mosque (Rebuilt 1924-28) | North Bridge Road |
15 | St George’s Church (1910-13) | Minden Road |
16 | Hong San See (1908-13) | Mohammed Sultan Road |
17 | Sri Perumal Temple (1855) | Serangoon Road |
18 | Abdul Gaffoor Mosque (1907) | Dunlop Street |
19 | Siong Lim Temple (1898-1912) | Jalan Toa Payoh |
20 | Raffles Hotel (1887-1907) | Beach Road |
21 | Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church (1924) | Telok Ayer Street |
22 | Goodwood Park Hotel (Tower Wing) (1900) | Scotts Road |
23 | The Old Convent of Holy Infant Jesus Chapel (now Chijmes Hall) (1903) and Caldwell House (1840-41) | Victoria Street |
24 | Istana and Sri Temasek (1867-69) | Orchard Road |
25 | City Hall (1926-29) | St. Andrew’s Road |
26 | Victoria Theatre (1856-62) and Concert Hall (1902-05) | Empress Place |
27 | Parliament House and Annex Building (1826-27) | High Street |
28 | Supreme Court (1937-39) | St. Andrew’s Road |
29 | Empress Place Building (1864-67) | Empress Place |
30 | National Museum (1884-87) | Stamford Road |
31 | Former St Joseph’s Institution - Main Building (1855-67), Chapel (1911-12) and Classroom (1906-07) (now Singapore Art Museum) | Bras Basah Road |
32 | The Old Attorney-General’s Chambers (Rebuilt c.a. 1906) | High Street |
33 | Sun Yat Sen Villa (now Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall) (1900-02) | Tai Gin Road |
34 | Yueh Hai Ching Temple (Rebuilt 1895) | Philip Street |
35 | The Old Tao Nan School (now Asian Civilisations Museum I) (1910-12) | Armerian Street |
36 | The Old Ministry of Labour Building (1928) | Havelock Road |
37 | Maghain Aboth Synagogue (1878) | Waterloo Street |
38 | Chesed-El Synagogue (1905) | Oxley Walk/ Rise |
39 | The Old Hill Street Police Station (1934) | Hill Street |
40 | Ying Fo Fui Kun (1881-82) | Telok Ayer Street |
41 | Central Fire Station (1908-09) | Hill Street |
42 | The Old Nanyang University - Library and Administration Building, Memorial and Arch (1954-56) | Nanyang Technological University |
43 | Chinese High School Clock Tower Building | Bukit Timah Road |