Unique Building - Uniquely shaped Dutch-Gabled Roofs Building (2020 1221)
Location: 126/130 Watten Estate Road Singapore 287600
Getting There:
MRT Tan Kah Kee 陈嘉庚 (DT8) Exit B to Watten Estate Road (Watten Estate)
A Dutch flavoured corner in the former Chasseriau Estate With what could be described as Dutch gables prominently displayed, the pair of houses right at end of Watten Estate Road gives the area a distinct feel. The houses are what remain of a cluster of six. Erected from the late 1920s (when four were constructed) and into the mid-1930s (when another two were added), the houses occupied a plot of land that had once been part of the vast Chasseriau Estate1. All similar in design, the houses were each given a uniquely shaped gable Dutch gable. Perched on a small hill and with its verdant surroundings, the setting for the cluster of houses could quite easily have resembled a Dutch or Flemish country village.
The architect behind the designs for the houses, was designed by Major Major Percy Hubert Keys in the 1920s. Major Percy Hubert Keys was a former Government architect best known for the Fullerton Building and the Bowyer Block of the Singapore General Hospital. He also designed the 1930 Namazie Mansions (now known as Capitol Building), Capitol Theatre and the (King Edward VII) College of Medicine, all of which stand today as National Monuments. through his private architectural practice.
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