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Raffles House
Maklumat umum
Status	Siap
Gaya seni bina	Neoclassical
Pengelasan	A
Lokasi	Fort Canning Hill, Singapore
Alamat	Raffles Terrace, Fort Canning Hill, Singapore
Bandar/pekan	Singapore
Negara	Singapore
Koordinat	1°17′31.0″N 103°50′50.5″E
Dinamakan bersempena	Stamford Raffles
Dibuka pada	10 October 2003
Pelanggan/klien	Host
Pemilik	National Parks Board
Tuan tanah	National Parks Board
Butiran teknikal
Bilangan tingkat	1
Keluasan tingkat	101.25 sqm
Dikenali kerana	Replica house of Stamford Raffles
Maklumat lain
Bilangan bilik	1
Letak kenderaan	nearest to Registry of Marriages
Laman sesawang
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Raffles House is a single-storey building built on the Fort Canning Hill, Singapore. The original building was a wood and atap structure built in 1822 that was used as a place of residence by Sir Stamford Raffles. The present structure built on the same site is a brick and tile building constructed later.

History

Residency House

Government House
Fort Canning Hill (1860 – 1900), where the Government House was once stood on.
Nama lama	Residency House
Maklumat umum
Status	Dirobohkan
Jenis	bungalow
Gaya seni bina	Neoclassical
Pengelasan	B
Lokasi	Government Hill, Singapore
Alamat	Government Hill, Singapore
Bandar/pekan	Singapore
Negara	Singapore
Dinamakan bersempena	British Government
Pembinaan bermula	November 1822
Disiapkan pada	January 1823
Dibuka pada	January 1823
Diubah suai pada	1823
Dirobohkan pada	1859
Pembiayaan	$916
Pemilik	Stamford Raffles (former)
Butiran teknikal
Bilangan tingkat	1
Keluasan tingkat	100 ft long, 50 ft wide
Reka bentuk dan seni bina
Arkitek	George Drumgoole Coleman
Dikenali kerana	Residence for Stamford Raffles, Residents and Governors of Singapore
Pasukan pengubahsuaian
Arkitek	George Drumgoole Coleman
Maklumat lain
Bilangan bilik	2

Residency House, the original residence of Sir Stamford Raffles and his sister’s family, was a wooden house with venetians and thatched attap roof, the house was the earliest Singapore's project of George Drumgoole Coleman. Coleman, who waited for Raffles to return from Bencoolen, Sumatra for four months, in the meantime designed the House in speculation for Raffles' residence use.

Raffles, upon his return from Bencoolen, Sumatra on October 1822, impressed with Coleman's design, approved the house. Construction of the house was soon begun on Singapore Hill in November 1822 and completed by January 1823. Raffles and his wife Sophie would moved to the house by early January 1823.

On 21 January 1823, Raffles wrote to William Marsden about the house and its scenery.

“We have lately built a small bungalow on Singapore Hill where though the height is inconsiderable, we find great difference in climate. Nothing can be more interesting and beautiful than the view from this spot. I am happy to say the change has had a very beneficial effect on my health, which has been better during the last fortnight than I have known it for two years before. The tombs of the Malay Kings are close at hand, and I have settled that if it is my fate to die here I shall take my place amongst them; this will at any rate be better than leaving my bones at Bencoolen. If it pleases God, we still live in the hope of embarking for Europe towards the end of the year.‟

“I am laying out a botanic and experimental garden, and it would delight you to see how rapidly the whole country is coming under cultivation. My residence here has naturally given much confidence, and the extent of the speculations entered into by the Chinese quite astonished me.‟

On 23 January 1823, Raffles wrote to the Duchess of Somerset about the house and the hill.

“ Since I last wrote to your Grace, about a month ago, I have had another very severe attack in my head, which nearly proved fatal, and the Doctors were for hurrying me on board ship for Europe without much ceremony. However, as I could not reconcile myself to become food for fishes, I preferred ascending the hill of Singapore, where, if my bones must remain in the East, they would have the honour of mixing with the ashes of the Malayan kings; and the result has been, that instead of dying, I have almost entirely recovered. I have built a very comfortable house, which is sufficient to accommodate my sister’s family as well as our own; and I only wish you were here but for half-an-hour, to enjoy the unequalled beauty and interest of the scene. My house, which is one hundred feet front, and fifty deep, was finished in a fortnight from its commencement. When will your cottage be done?

Government House

Jangan dikelirukan dengan Government House of Singapore.

On 2 February 1824, Raffles and his family would left Singapore for England. Raffles' house was bought over by the British Government and renamed as Government House and the hill would known as the Government Hill. At the own expense of 2nd Resident John Crawfurd, the house was further extended and redesigned in June by Coleman again with bricks and tiles in the neoclassical style for the residence of Residents and Governors of Singapore. The Government House had a clear view of the settlement around Singapore River and was featured in many paintings of the area.

In 1859, the Government House was eventually demolished to make way for a fort which would be known as the Fort Canning in 1861. Upon the demolition of Raffles House, Government House was temporarily moved to a villa in Oxley Estate called the Pavilion.

Rebuilding

A modernised version of the house named Raffles House was built in brick and tile on the site of the former Government House was completed in 2003. It is equipped with modern facilities, and may be used as a venue for events and wedding functions.

See also

• Fort Canning Arts Centre
• Fort Canning Lighthouse
• Fort Canning Park
• Fort Canning Reservoir
• The Battle Box
• The Foothills Fort Canning Park