Blair Conservation of your Dreams.5 Boutique units,1 Cafe Restaurant
Blair Road Corner Shophouse (Cafe)with 5 Residential units (Best choice for expats rental)and a inhouse lift
Nearest MRT Stations
EW16 Outram Park MRT Station
NE3 Outram Park MRT Station
EW15 Tanjong Pagar MRT Station
Nearest Schools
K¹² International Academy Singapore
Inspiration Design School
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ABOUT
The Blair Plain conservation area is a compact cluster of two-and three- storey shophouses and terrace houses of various architectural styles. Apart from some commercial uses along Kampong Road and Neil Road, the area is largely a quiet residential neighbourhood, which hugs the narrow inner streets of Blair Road, Spottiswoode Park Road and Everton Road. The area was gazetted on 25 October 1991 for conservation.
THE HISTORY
The Blair Plain conservation area is named after the larger area which was the low-lying plain that stretched from Kampong Bahru Road to the sea.
The area was first substantially built up before the end of nineteenth century when detached bungalows were redeveloped and the land subdivided into urban residential terraces. An 1881 map shows the existence of Kampong Bahru Road, Spottiswoode Park Road and Everton Road with terraced buildings. They were likely to be of the ‘Early Shophouse’ style. Some of them still exist today. One notable example is 66 Spottiswoode Park Road which retains its painted fresco façade.
From the 1900s onwards, further urbanisation took place. Blair Road was laid out in 1900. It was named after John Blair, a senior officer with the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company in the 1880s. He owned land in the area and also had a substantial house nearer to the Port.
During the early years of the twentieth century, many ornately decorated buildings were constructed along Blair, Neil and Everton Roads.
At the fringe were colonial houses set in generous ground. Nearer to the port, houses gave way to godowns and port facilities. They flourished when Tanjong Pagar Railway Station completed i