Desker Shop house For Sale
GST : Yes
Land Size 1226 sqft
Remianing Lease 73
Tenanted
Desker Road is included in the Rochor planning area and is located within the Central Area region. Currently, the use of land in the Rochor planning area is predominantly for commercial activities.25
Little India was gazetted as a conservation area on 7 July 1989 by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, and the buildings along Desker Road were also included in the conservation plan, effectively from 25 October 1991.26
Perhaps of interest today would be the houses numbered 87 to 95 for their fine Chinese baroque details.27 The exterior façade of these houses are covered with decorated jalousie, and the Malayan fretwork at the eaves are examples of ornate craftsmanship. The windows for some of the units have been well-preserved and described as well-proportioned bays containing three flat-arched windows divided by occasionally rusticated Doric and Corinthian plasters.28 Painted mainly in shades of sky-blue, baby-blue, jade-green and apple-green, these are very typical external colours favoured by the Straits Chinese in Singapore. Built between 1900 and 1910, nearly all of the shophouses on this road have been kept intact.29