Former Admiralty House
The Former Admiralty House is a historic building, located at Old Nelson Road within the Sembawang Planning Area in the North Region of Singapore. The building was used as the administration building of Furen International School until November 2019 and is currently being refurbished for use as part of the Sembawang Sports and Community Hub.- Type: House
- Description: historic site in Old Nelson Road
- Also known as: “Admiralty House”, “Canberra House”, and “Old Admiralty House”
- Address: 345 Old Nelson Road, Sembawang, 758692
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sembawang and Sembawang Shopping Centre.
Sembawang
Metro station
Photo: ZKang123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sembawang MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station on the North–South Line. Located in Sembawang, Singapore along Sembawang Road, the station is close to the Sun Plaza shopping centre and Sembawang Bus Interchange. Sembawang is situated 510 metres west of Former Admiralty House.
Sembawang Shopping Centre
Shopping center
Sembawang Shopping Centre is a four-storey commercial development located along Sembawang Road in Sembawang Spring Estate of Sembawang, Singapore. It was first opened in 1986 and underwent a refurbishment in 2007 and reopened in December 2008. Sembawang Shopping Centre is situated 650 metres south of Former Admiralty House.
Canberra
Metro station
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Canberra MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station on the North–South Line, located along Canberra Link at the junction with Canberra Way in Sembawang, Singapore. Canberra is situated 760 metres southeast of Former Admiralty House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bukit Canberra and Sembawang.
Bukit Canberra
Neighborhood
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Bukit Canberra is an integrated sports and community hub next to Sembawang MRT station. The hub houses facilities including an indoor sports hall, the largest ActiveSG gym in Singapore, a six-lane sheltered swimming pool, and an eight-lane lap pool.
Sembawang
Suburb
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Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Johor to the north.
Chong Pang
Quarter
Chong Pang is a housing estate located in the subzone of Yishun West along the Sembawang–Yishun boundary in the town of Yishun, Singapore. It was named after the former Chong Pang village.
Former Admiralty House
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.44771° or 1° 26′ 52″ northLongitude
103.82446° or 103° 49′ 28″ eastLevels
2Open location code
6PH5CRXF+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1165110262OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hippedWikidata ID
Q7083361
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Former Admiralty House” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “旧海军部屋”
- Chinese: “海军司令前官邸”
- Chinese: “輔仁國際學校”
- Chinese: “辅仁国际学校”
- Vietnamese: “Tòa Đô đốc Hải quân”
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Highlights include Bunker and ActiveSG Sembawang Sport Centre.
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