{"id":200,"date":"2024-07-30T03:23:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T03:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2024-08-10T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T04:24:51","slug":"the-restoration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/zh\/the-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Built around 1880 as a residential townhouse, the building is a very fine example of a Straits Settlements merchant\u2019s home. Unusually long at over 130 feet (40 metres) it retains many of its original features \u2013 an intimate courtyard garden, a handsome timber staircase, geometric floor tiles, and large beams spanning lime plaster walls. The interior displays original blackwood Straits Chinese furniture and ornately carved wooden screens. The old-fashioned Nyonya kitchen preserves the original firewood stove and kitchen utensils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">House history<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stage 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title deed for 120 Armenian Street dates to 1875, and the house was already shown on the 1893 map.&nbsp;The house is deemed to have been built circa 1880.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stage 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the road now called Kampong Kolam was made behind the house, the back portion of the house was renovated in 1924. The alterations were designed by the well-known architect Chew Eng Eam. The green colour scheme and some decorative features were probably introduced at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stage 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Second World War, the house was used as a warehouse for storing goods for Ch\u2019ng Eng Joo. A moveable zinc awning was installed at the front air well. A photograph of part of the house in 1953 shows the carved wooden front doors. Sometime after that and some years before 1992 \u2013 the facade was altered. The wooden door was replaced with a collapsible metal grill. The timber louvered shutters were replaced with timber-framed glazed shutters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 1992, the house was progressively restored. The roof was repaired, the front air well was opened up and the gutters replaced. The facade renovation was only undertaken in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Before and after photos:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-1307\" style=\"max-width: 400px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-90-1 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1307 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Before &amp; After\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1307\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1307\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1308 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1308\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/slider3_17-562x461-1-307x461.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1308\" title=\"slider3_17-562x461\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1309 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1309\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/slider3_16-562x461-1-307x461.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1309\" title=\"slider3_16-562x461\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1310 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/slider3_15-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1310\" title=\"slider3_15\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1311 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1311\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/slider3_14-282x211-1-140x211.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1311\" title=\"slider3_14-282x211\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1324 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1324\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1324\" title=\"4\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Restoration<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1325 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1325\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1325\" title=\"5\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1326 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1326\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1326\" title=\"6\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1327 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1327\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/9-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1327\" title=\"9\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1328 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1328\" title=\"10\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1329 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1329\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/11-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1329\" title=\"11\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1330 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1330\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/12-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1330\" title=\"12\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1331 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1331\" title=\"13\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1332 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1332\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/120-Armenian-Street-1992-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1332\" title=\"120 Armenian Street 1992\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1333 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/120-Armenian-Street-PPU-1938-scaled-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1333\" title=\"120 Armenian Street PPU 1938\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1335 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1335\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sun-yat-sen-400x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1307 slide-1335\" title=\"sun yat sen\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Peranakan Heritage<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built around 1880 as a residential townhouse, the building is a very fine example of a Straits Settlements merchant\u2019s home. Unusually long at over 130 feet (40 metres) it retains many of its original features \u2013 an intimate courtyard garden, a handsome timber staircase, geometric floor tiles, and large beams spanning lime plaster walls. 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