Atbara House
Atbara House is an historic house on Gallop Road in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. It is often regarded as the first Black and White House in Singapore, despite it not actually being a black and white house.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Public building
- Description: commercial offices in Tanglin, Singapore
- Also known as: “Atbara” and “House 5”
- Address: 5 Gallop Road, Singapore
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Singapore Botanic Gardens and Farrer Road.
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 167-year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Farrer Road
Metro station
Photo: Circleline4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Farrer Road MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line, located along the boundary of Farrer Court and Tyersall planning areas, Singapore. Farrer Road is situated 540 metres northwest of Atbara House.
Istana Woodneuk
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Istana Woodneuk is an abandoned two-storey palace at the former Tyersall Park, bounded by Holland Road and Tyersall Avenue, near the Singapore Botanic Gardens in Singapore. Istana Woodneuk is situated 580 metres south of Atbara House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tyersall Park and Tanglin.
Tyersall Park
Neighborhood
Tyersall Park is an estate in Singapore, bound by Holland Road and Tyersall Avenue, and near the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Previously a private land belonging to the Sultan of Johor from 1862, some portions of it had been acquired by the Government of Singapore in 1990 and in 2009 respectively.
Tanglin
Suburb
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
Tanglin is a planning area located within the Central Region of Singapore. Tanglin is located west of Newton, Orchard, River Valley and Singapore River, south of Novena, east of Bukit Timah, northeast of Queenstown and north of Bukit Merah.
Holland Village
Suburb
Photo: Takamaxa, Copyrighted free use.
Holland Village, often abbreviated as Holland V, is a neighbourhood located along the boundary between the planning areas of Bukit Timah and Queenstown in the Central Region of Singapore. The area is served by its own MRT station, which opened in 2011.
Atbara House
- Categories: building and government building
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.31377° or 1° 18′ 50″ northLongitude
103.81069° or 103° 48′ 39″ eastLevels
2Open location code
6PH58R76+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 452748462OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicWikidata ID
Q113456529
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In Other Languages
“Atbara House” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منزل أتبرا”
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Highlights include Forest Discovery Centre and Singapore Botanic Gardens Gallop Extension.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Atbara House”. Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.